STUDY OF CONSEQUENCE OF ELECTRICITY SHORTAGE ON PERFORMANCE OF COOPERATIVE IRRIGATION SCHEMES IN KOLHAPUR AND SANGLI DISTRICTS
Journal Title: International Journal of Advanced System and Social Engineering Research. - Year 2011, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
Western Maharashtra plays very important role in cultivation of main cash crops like sugarcane, grapes, and cotton of the region. Other crops like jawar bajara, rice, ground nuts, and oil seed are also harvested. Western Maharashtra consists of five districts. All five districts are providing swiftness to the agricultural development of state. Agriculture represents its importance from the truth that it has vital supply and demand links with the manufacturing sector and is a source of livelihood for the rural population of India and it symbolizes the backbone of rural livelihood security system. The total food grain production in the state was 15.4 million tones in 2007-08 and about 11.7 million tones in 2008 -09[1]. Irrigation schemes in Sangli and Kolhapur districts are the magic of agricultural developments of this region. Kolhapur and Sangli districts are the largest user of fertilizer per hectare in Maharashtra. Co-operative production of sugarcane is in practice in the district since the last 200 years. Sugarcane is irrigated using the traditional Phad method of irrigation. Without any written law, agreements or rules, this practice is ceaselessly working merely on the basis of mutual understanding between the farmers and their co-operative attitude. But due to the shortage of electricity these schemes and whole agriculture sector has came under risk. Authors have studied the demand and supply of electricity to agriculture in Sangli and Kolhapur districts and also conducted the survey through questionnaire about electricity and irrigation schemes to collect and analyze the data. It is found that in both the districts power shortage hampering the growth of agriculture sector.
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Bhagwan Patil, Vasant Chavan
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STUDY OF CONSEQUENCE OF ELECTRICITY SHORTAGE ON PERFORMANCE OF COOPERATIVE IRRIGATION SCHEMES IN KOLHAPUR AND SANGLI DISTRICTS
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