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On the Waterfront
Peter P. Mollinga
其他書名
Water Distribution, Technology and Agrarian Change in a South Indian Canal Irrigation System
出版Peter P. Mollinga, 1998
ISBN905485927X9789054859277
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=UQ-jAAAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋The introduction of irrigation in Raichur district has resulted in rapid economic development, which is described in chapter 5. Irrigation has induced the occurrence of intensive commercialised agricultural cultivation with high productivity. The migration of farmers from the neighbouring state of Andhra Pradesh to the new irrigation system has played a key role in this development. The migrant farmers came with sufficient investment capital and knowledge of irrigated agriculture, and started a farming system based on rice cultivation, and sugarcane to a lesser extent. Initially the local population had insufficient means for investment. The migrants bought land from local farmers. The larger local farmers used the returns of their land sales to invest in the development of their remaining land for irrigation (levelling, making field bunds). There has been a massive transfer of land to migrant farmers. In the course of time migrant as well as local farmers started to invest in pump irrigation, lifting water from the river and natural drains.