Impact Evaluation of the Maharashtra CAIM Programme The Convergence of Agricultural Interventions in Maharashtra CAER N Report December 60 20191201 2019 Impact Evaluation of the Maharashtra CAIM Programme The Convergence of Agricultural Interventions in Maharashtra Study sponsored by Project Monitoring Unit of CAIM, Amravati and The International Fund for Agricultural Development December 2019 NATIONAL COUNCIL OF APPLIED ECONOMIC RESEARCH NCAER India Centre, 11 Indraprastha Estate, New Delhi 110 002, India www.ncaer.org NCAER QUALITY RELEVANCE IMPACT I © National Council of Applied Economic Research, 2019 All rights reserved. The material in this publication is copyrighted. NCAER encourages the dissemination of its work and will normally grant permission to reproduce portions of the work promptly. For permission to photocopy or reprint any part of this work, please send a request with complete information to the publisher below. Published by Anil K. Sharma Professor & Secretary and Operations Director, National Council of Applied Economic Research NCAER India Centre, 11, Indraprastha Estate, New Delhi–110 002 Tel.: +91-11-23452698, 61202657 Fax: +91-11-2307-0164 Email:
[email protected] www.ncaer.org Publications Coordinator Jagbir Singh Punia Disclaimer: The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Governing Body or Management of NCAER. II Foreword he Vidarbha region in eastern impact of the programme on beneficiaries. Maharashtra has been facing an acute The NCAER team carried out an extensive agrarian crisis, causing distress to a primary level enumeration of the beneficiaries large part of the local population whose in both the programme as well as the non- Tprimary occupation is agriculture.