Bihar, India's poorest state, witnessed impressive yield growth in each of its three principal crops over 2005-17. This … be time-varying, thus allowing yields to diverge in some interim phases. Rice yields across districts appear to be …

"The increase in the international price of rice is likely to have substantial negative impacts on the poor in … countries such as Mali which are net importers of rice. This paper relies on a dynamic CGE model to estimate the likely impact … of the recent increase in rice prices on poverty with and without policy responses. Two sets of policy responses are …