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Levels and determinants of economic viability of rainwater harvesting farm ponds

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Title Levels and determinants of economic viability of rainwater harvesting farm ponds
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Creator Rama Rao, C.A., Rao, K.V., Raju, B.M.K., Josily Samuel, Ravi Dupdal, Osman, M. and Nagarjuna Kumar, R
 
Subject farm pond, rainwater, rainfed agriculture, viability
 
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Improving the productivity, profitability and stability in rainfed agriculture is critical to achieving
the goals of inclusive growth and enhancing farmers’ incomes given the demographic and geographic
importance of rainfed agriculture. Rainwater management through dug out farm ponds is an important
part of strategy for enhancing productivity of rainfed agriculture. Therefore, considerable emphasis was
given to support rainwater harvesting farm ponds in programmes such as MGNREGA, watershed
development, etc. This paper attempts to analyse the impact of farm ponds in three districts: Anantapur
and Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh and Adilabad in Telangana. The profitability of farm ponds was found
to vary across districts and across farm ponds within each district. Profitability was found to be high in
Adilabad receiving higher annual rainfall with 69 per cent of ponds generating an additional income of
more than Rs. 20000 per year as compared to 8 per cent in Anantapur with less annual rainfall. The
factors associated with varying profitability of farm ponds were identified for policy implications.
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Date 2021-07-30T04:02:22Z
2021-07-30T04:02:22Z
2019-10-01
 
Type Research Paper
 
Identifier Vol. 74, No.4
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/51252
 
Language English
 
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Publisher Ind.Jn. of Agri.Econ