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Micro‐Irrigation in Participatory Mode Pays Huge Dividends—Apmip Experiences, India
Author(s) -
Reddy K. Yella
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
irrigation and drainage
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1531-0361
pISSN - 1531-0353
DOI - 10.1002/ird.2039
Subject(s) - payback period , irrigation , agricultural economics , business , subsidy , agriculture , productivity , capital cost , agricultural science , water resource management , geography , economic growth , economics , production (economics) , environmental science , market economy , ecology , macroeconomics , archaeology , biology
In India more than 80% of the renewable water resources are consumed in agriculture alone. The government of India has recognized the importance of micro‐irrigation for improving water and land productivity and identified a suitable potential area of 69 Mha. In order to make the systems costs affordable for farmers, the government has extended the subsidy on the equipment cost. Andhra Pradesh state launched the Andhra Pradesh Micro‐Irrigation Project (APMIP) in 2003 to promote this water‐saving irrigation technology on a large scale. The major thrust was to put the 3 million electrified pump sets in the state of Andhra Pradesh into micro‐irrigation. The project has so far covered more than 1.042 million ha under micro‐irrigation systems in a 9‐ year period with capital investment of US$533 million, benefiting 0.66 million farmers. The project is contributing an additional productivity of worth US$254 million (Rs 15 300 million) per annum. On an annual basis the project is indirectly helping a saving of 4.37 BCM (billion cubic metres) of water, 593 million kWh of energy. The attractive payback period of less than 3 years has influenced bankers to provide loans to farmers to procure micro‐irrigation systems. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.