ABSTRACT
Farmers are not new to the fact that various risks and uncertainties accompany agriculture. From the point of view of crop productivity, access to robust and innovative irrigation facilities keeps these risks in check to a certain degree. CInI realised the potential of irrigation in making significant gains in the productivity of crops and made it an integral part of achieving the goal of LKP. Irrigation was an enabler that would supplement agriculture and facilitate the adoption of livestock rearing as an alternative livelihood-earning occupation.
