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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.

Main Topics:

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.