Much of the benefits intended for small farmers has not reached them and programmes to aid them have been appropriated by the affluent sections of the peasantry. One of the causes for such a state of affairs might be that the existing administrative organisation is not structured to cater to the specific needs of small farmers and guard against manipulation by the rural rich.
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