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The purpose of this study was to examine the changes taking place in irrigated agriculture in a relatively `progressive' district of western Uttar Pradesh. To provide data which, after analysis, would indicate the scale of changes taking place, the interrelationships and relative importance of the different variables.

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Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions Distance from various facilities - village, district office, all-weather road, railway, post office, block office, cold-store, grain store. Sociological variables and standard of living: caste; status; possessions; educational background and age of farm owner; type of house; use of cold and grain store; sources of wheat seed; sources and amounts of major loans. Farm quality. Irrigation, labour and mechanisation and land reclamation: number employed on farm; amount of electricity and fuel bills; number of draught animals owned; whether tractor and thresher hired and how often; amount of land reclaimed by various means; type of fertilizer used; when various items of mechanisation purchased. Crop acreage: wheat; rice; maize; sugar cane; rabi or kharif vegetables. Background Variables Farm size and population, consolidation and land tenure, physical variables.

Random sample of farm operators from stratified sample of 31 villages from total of over 1000 (clustered according to hydrological criteria)

Face-to-face interview