Socio-economic impacts of the adoption of MIS (Micro-irrigation system) among small and marginal farmers of Coimbatore district, India
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Considerable attention has been given to micro-irrigation technologies by policymakers to help farmers in overcoming water scarcity problems. In this paper, the potential impacts of MIS on farmers’ livelihood and economic viability of using drip in banana cultivation were analyzed using discounted cash flow techniques. The study focused on small and marginal farmers of Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu as they were provided with 100% subsidy. Adoption of MIS increased the total cropped area (6.54%), extended area under irrigation (6.55%), increased cropping intensity (69.19%) and irrigation intensity (70.95%). Investment on drip irrigation system by farmers were found financially feasible (NPV Rs.43,851.16, BCR 1.42 and IRR 30.88%). The study also brought out the constraints faced by farmers in the adoption of MIS such as lack of technical support, the inefficiency of the system with poor quality water and damage caused by animals. The research work would be helpful in understanding the advantages of using MIS by small and marginal farmers and problems encountered by them in adoption even though the investment was economically viable.
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Adoption, Economics, Micro irrigation systems, Small and marginal farmers
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Dhawan, B.D. 2000. Drip irrigation: Evaluating returns. Economic and Political Weekly, 3775–3780.
Government of India. (2018). Agricultural statistics at a glance, Directorate of Economics and Statistics. Dept. of Agric. and Co-operation. Ministry of Agriculture.
Government of India (2019). Ground Water Year Book – India 2017-2018, Central Ground Water Board, Ministry of Water Resources, Faridabad.
INCID (1994), Drip Irrigation in India, Indian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage, New Delhi.
IAI, FICCI and GTI (2016). Irrigation Association of India (IAI) and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) ; and Grant Thornton India (GTI)-Accelerating growth of Indian Agriculture: Micro irrigation an efficient solution, Strategy paper – Future prospects of Indian Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India.
Kishore, P. (2019). Efficiency gains from micro-irrigation: a case of sprinkler irrigation in wheat. Agricultural Economics Research Review, 32(2), 239-246. DOI : 10.5958/09 74-0279.2019.00035.1
Kumar, D. S., & Palanisami, K. (2014). Impact of drip irrigation on farming system: evidence from southern India. Management, Performance, and Applications of Micro Irrigation Systems, 19.
Kumar, M. D. (2016). Water saving and yield enhancing micro irrigation technologies in India: Theory and practice. In Micro irrigation systems in India (pp. 13-36). Springer, Singapore. DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0348-6_2
Kumar, M. Dinesh., K. Singh, O.P. Singh, and R.L. Shiyani. 2004. Impacts of water saving and energy saving irrigation technologies in Gujarat, Research Report 2, India Natural Resources Economics and Management Foundation, Anand.
Luhach, M. S., Khatkar, R. K., Singh, V. K., & Khatry, R. S. (2004). Economic analysis of sprinkler and drip irrigation technology in Haryana. Agricultural Economics Research Review, 17(347-2017-3183), 107-113. DOI :10.220 04/ag.econ.265893
Narayanamoorthy, A. (1996), Evaluation of Drip Irrigation System in Maharashtra, Mimeograph Series No. 42, Agro-Economic Research Centre, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, Maharashtra.
Narayanamoorthy, A., N. Devika and M. Bhattarai, (2016), “More Crop and Profit Per Drop of Water: Drip Irrigation for Empowering Distressed Small Farmers”, Kozhikode Society and Management Review, Vol. 5, No.1, PP. 83- 90. https://doi.org/10.1177/2277975215617270
Palanichamy N.V., K. Palanisamy and T.R. Shanmugam (2002), Economic performance of drip irrigation in coconut farmers in Coimbatore. Agricultural Economics Research Review, Conference Issue, pp. 40-48.
Patil, B. O., & Poddar, R. S. (2016). Financial feasibility of drip irrigation system in grape cultivation. International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Biotechnology, 9(4), 617-624. DOI : 10.5958/2230-732X.2016.00080.2
Paul, J. C., Mishra, J. N., Pradhan, P. L., & Panigrahi, B. (2013). Effect of drip and surface irrigation on yield, water-use-efficiency and economics of capsicum (c apsicum annum l.) Grown under mulch and non mulch conditions in eastern coastal India. European Journal of Sustainable Development, 2(1), 99-99. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2013.v2n1p99
Shashidhara, K.K.; A. Bheemappa, L.V. Hirevenkanagoudar and K.C. Shashidhar (2007), “Benefits and Constraints in Adoption of Drip Irrigation Among the Plantation Crop Growers”, Karnataka Journal of Agricultural Sciences, Vol.20, No.1, pp. 82-84.
Shiyani R.L., D. B. Kuchhadiya and M.V. Patat (1999), Economic impact of drip irrigation technology on cotton growers of Saurashtra region. Agricultural Situation in India, 56 (7): 407-412.
Singh, A. (2008). Economic feasibility of growing capsicum crop under drip irrigation in West Bengal, India. Irrigation and Drainage Systems, 22(2), 179-188. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10795-008-9050-x
Sivanappan, R. K. (1994). Prospects of micro-irrigation in India. Irrigation and drainage systems, 8(1), 49-58. DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00880798
Vaibhav, R., & Makwana, A. D. (2017). Case study: Impact analysis of Micro Irrigation System in Kodinar Region of Gujarat. Trends in Biosciences, 10(48):9609-9612.
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Socio-economic impacts of the adoption of MIS (Micro-irrigation system) among small and marginal farmers of Coimbatore district, India. (2020). Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 12(3), 312-318. https://doi.org/10.31018/jans.v12i3.2312
