Disparities in Paddy Production and Irrigation Facilities: Any Correlation So Far Across the Blocks in the Paschim Medinipur District of West Bengal, India?

Abstract

Irrigation facility has been identified by many researchers as one of the essential institutional factors in agriculture sector of any country, including India. Furthermore, its importance has also been admitted in the agro-productions in any provinces, districts and blocks. The equitable distribution of such facilities may lead to equitable distributions in the productivity of land for different crop productions. Under this milieu, this chapter intends to examine the trends in the different types of paddy production and irrigational facilities in the Paschim Medinipur District of West Bengal State in India and tries to correlate whether disparities in paddy production are associated with disparities in the distribution of irrigational facilities. The results show positive association between the two and prescribe inclusive arrangements of irrigational facilities to all the blocks in the district to have long-term solutions.

Citation

Das, S. and Das, R.C. (2023), "Disparities in Paddy Production and Irrigation Facilities: Any Correlation So Far Across the Blocks in the Paschim Medinipur District of West Bengal, India?", Das, R.C. (Ed.) Inclusive Developments Through Socio-economic Indicators: New Theoretical and Empirical Insights, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 319-331. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80455-554-520231026