Abstract
With the shifting of the emphasis from construction of new irrigation projects to better utilization of the already created irrigation potential in the Seventh Plan, there is a need to find out why the Command Area Development Agencies (CADAs), created specifically for this purpose over a. decade ago, have failed to achieve the anticipated results.
Based on his study of CADAs in a number of states, UK Srivastava identifies two missing links: (1) organizational innovation to create unified responsibility for utilization of already created irrigation potential at the national CADA and small unit area levels and (2) the need to train CADA personnel to deai with the farmers arid their problems in actually utilizing the irrigation potential created.
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