By comparing the two villages, find out in which village, greater number of wells dried up?

What methods would have saved the wells in other village?

Which type of farmers, those having small land holdings or those with large land holdings are most affected when wells dry up?

If water resource becomes scarce, will it affect the nature of soil in an area?

As wells dry up, how are people in the area dependent on the well affected?

Why do you think water became scarce mainly in Vaddicherla?

Water is usually pumped out of wells and bore wells using electricity.

Farmers with small land holdings or small farmers tend to spend more money per well in terms of installation of pump sets and pipeline connections to farms(or capital expenditure) as well as running costs towards maintenance, electric charges etc. On per acre basis, both capital and running costs are the lowest in Wanaparthy (no-scarcity village) and highest in Vaddicherla (scarcity village).



Is the availability of water resource same for a small and a large farmer?

Do you think the availability should be same for everyone in an area?

A well irrigates more area in Kharif season as compared to Rabi, how is it possible?

How should a farmer utilize such a condition?

If a well can irrigate 2.5 percent of cultivable land, how many wells would irrigate whole of the land?

Which factor has a greater effect on expenditure, number of wells or depth of a well?

What is the total expenditure on a whole cultivable land owned by a small farmer in Vaddicherla?How do you think a small farmer meets this expenditure?

What could help the small farmer reduce expenditure? (Hint: think of crops the require less water)


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