Agricultural Economics Research Review
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 32
  • Issue: 2

Adoption and impact of water-saving technologies in the Nagarjuna Sagar Project area of Andhra Pradesh

  • Author:
  • M Balasubramanian1,, P Anbukkani1, M L Nithyashree1, K Krishna Reddy2, T Arivelarasan3
  • Total Page Count: 9
  • Page Number: 229 to 237

1ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, India

2National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayathi Raj, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500030, India

3Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, Tamil Nadu, India

*Corresponding author: bala.sbrmnn@gmail.com

JEL classification Q54, Q25, Q58

Abstract

Under the Climate Change and Adaptation (ClimaAdapt) programme, in the Nagarjuna Sagar Project area of Andhra Pradesh, water-saving interventions were conducted. To examine their impact, a study was carried out in the districts Nalgonda (Telangana) and Guntur (Andhra Pradesh). In all three water-saving interventions—alternating wetting and drying, modified System of Rice Intensification, and direct sowing of rice—capacity-building raised crop yield and farmer income. The direct seeded rice method reduced the cost of cultivation by about INR 11,000 per hectare.

Keywords

Adoption, impact of climate change, water-saving interventions (WSI), Village Knowledge Centre (VKC), capacity-building