Dr.Patil is of the view that the problem of food production can be solved best by the construction of irrigation works-major and minor so far as western India including Kolhapur is concerneparticularly by the construction of Koyna and Daddi projects.The Kolhapur ryot is said to be keen and progressive especially in lifting water by a series of mhotes or oil engines for cultivating sugarcane on a large scale.The ryot at Coimbatore does as well in lifting wter from very deep wells and now-a-days is resorting to electric pumping for the cultivation of a variety of garden crops.
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