Impact of Andhra Pradesh Micro Irrigation Project in Chittoor District

The present study was conducted with broad objective of studying the impact of Andhra Pradesh Micro Irrigation Project in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. The study was framed in such a manner to explore the selected profile characteristics of APMIP beneficiaries, to impact of APMIP. The constraints faced by the APMIP beneficiaries and suggestions to overcome the constraints was analysed. Few cases were also analysed to reinforce the study.The APMIP has shown 68.60 per cent of impact on the beneficiaries. The study also revealed that different indicators of dependent variable i.e. percentage increase in irrigated area, percentage increase in yield level, percentage decrease in labour usage, percentage decrease in cost of cultivation, percentage increase in income, percentage increase in cropping intensity and percentage increase in generation of assets has shown significant increase.