Socio-economic Aspects of Irrigation Technology Cases from Nepal and India
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This paper examines social and economic issues pertaining to the micro-irrigation technology based livelihoods of smallholders in villages of Nepal and India. The paper therefore aims to help in policy making by bringing in the ignored micro perspectives. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were applied to generate data on livelihoods of respondents. The paper concludes that in order to achieve the policy goals of poverty reduction, smallholders should be provided with opportunities to adopt appropriate technology for sustained income generation.
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