Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

Moumita Suklabaidya Saha ¹, Samrat Goswami ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Rural Studies, Tripura University, Suryamaninagar, 799022, IN

Abstract

Common Property Resources have long been an area of research, as the decline of, and, the importance of the resource, both has been immensely identified on a constant basis. The resources of the particular type have been proven as the engine to attain sustainable development, particularly for marginal rural population, who depend significantly on them. The present paper is a narrative to portray the dimensions which have been captured through the studies conducted by different researchers for a prolonged period of over the half of a century, starting with the seminal work of Gordon, in 1954. Moreover, the study tries to come up with a conclusion, on the basis of the importance of the factor combinations, rather than the roles of the individual factors, behind the success or failure of the common property resources in attaining the sustainable rural development. The present paper is divided in five sections. After the introduction, second section deals with the conceptual works of CPRs, followed by the third section, which focuses upon the characteristics of CPRs. The forth section discusses the studies conducted by researchers covering different dimensions of CPR and the final section confers the present works on CPR along with the future scopes of study. However, with climate change approaching and pressure of migration, further research on CPR is the need of the hour.

Keywords

Common Property Resource, Property Rights, Resource Management, Rural Development, Sustainability.

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Manish Sarkar ¹, Samrat Goswami ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Rural Studies, Tripura University, Suryamaninagar - 799022, IN

Abstract

Agriculture being the backbone of an economy is the source of livelihood, contributor to national income, supplier of marketable surplus and significant employment opportunities along with the major source of raw materials. Among various important determinants of successful agricultural activities, irrigation is an important one. Inadequacy in irrigation infrastructure is a significant bottleneck to achieve certain level of agricultural development. Since independence, various Governments have tried to improve the performance of the agricultural sector through the development of the irrigation infrastructure, which is well-reflected through the Five-year Plans. However, the irrigation practice in the North Eastern part of the country is to some extent different due to its topographical dissimilarity with other parts of the country along with climatic condition. In this backdrop, the present paper tries to capture the irrigation practice, broadly in the North East along with the practice prevailing in the other states of India. The present study looks into the problem at two different levels, at the country level and at regional level for North Eastern states. The paper has been divided in five sections and starts with the introduction. The second section will be a careful review of past studies on this aspect, followed by the third section which discusses the methodological issues. Section four will describe the data along with their detailed analysis and the final section concludes the paper along with policy recommendations.

Keywords

Agriculture, Crops Area, Irrigated Area, Proportional Changes.

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