Impact assessment of irrigation on cropping pattern, food and nutritionsecurity at macro level in Ghataprabha - Malaprabha command areaM
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2006
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UAS Dharwad
Abstract
An investigation was undertaken to asses the impact of Ghataprabha-Malaprabha
irrigation project on cropping pattern, food consumption basket, life quality, socio-economic
status and nutrition security.
Primary data from households and adolescent girls were collected by interviewing the
respondents from small and large holdings of command and non-command area. Anemia
status was assessed by biochemical assessment.
The production of total cereals decreased from 1,99,485 to 1,32,304 mt in Malaprabha
and increased from 1,99,450 to 2,51,745 mt in Ghataprabha command area during 1981-82 to
2000-01. The production of pulses reduced in both Ghataprabha (14427 - 3409 mt) and
Malaprabha (14500 - 5800 mt) area during 1981-82 to 1995-96.
Tremendous increase in the production of sugarcane and oilseeds was observed in
Ghataprabha (433000 - 1555840 and 18346 - 36320 mt, respectively) and Malaprabha
(360420 - 1915624 mt and 1423 - 29729 mt, respectively) command area. The availability of
all the major nutrients, vitamins, minerals and essential amino acids was highest during 1990-
91 and lowest during 2000-01 in Malaprabha command area.
The availability of amenities, public and educational facilities and households owning
tiled, concrete and double storied houses were higher in command area compared to noncommand
area. Significantly higher percentage of households from command area possessed
amenities (viz., radio, tape recorder, television, telephone and pump set). Nearly 60.42 per
cent of the farmers of command area secured higher scores for life quality, while thos~ from
non-command area secured low scores and belonged to poor category (44.79%). The
adolescent girls of command area were shorter and lighter than non-command area
counterparts. The intake of cereals was lower among the girls of command area (370.31 g/
ACU / day) and that of green leafy vegetables, roots and tubers, other vegetables, fruits, milk
and milk products and nuts and oilseeds (30.25, 28.58, 47.74, 26.63, 89.07 and 13.55 g/day)
was higher compared to their counterparts from non-command area (25.25, 20.7, 28.98, 5.67,
37.86 and 3.91 g/day, respectively). Subjects of command area registered higher intake of
vitamin A, vitamin B12 and folic acid compared to those from non-command area.
Higher percentage of girls (57.26%) from command area suffered from moderate or
severe anemia compared to those from non-command area (38.54%), which was also
reflected in the presence of clinical symptoms.