How do small farmers become prosperous? Some observations and questions by Avinash Kishore
Channel: IndiaWater Portal
Date: 2013-03-03

This talk presented at the IWMI-TATA Annual Partners' meet at Anand, Gujarat in November 2012 by Avinash Kishore presents the learnings from the several case studies presented by NGOs to the Kurien Colloquium. While the individual case studies present a micro-level view, this presentation takes the macro-view. While land is essential, its contribution to value creation is being eclispsed by such factors such as enterprise, technological skills etc. However, the question of farmers with extremely small landholdings is still difficult. In addition, control over water is more important than mere access to irrigation.How does this affect scalability of small farmer prosperity?
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