This paper attempts to project the likely impact of robust monsoon rains of 2013 on the Agricultural Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in India. The model hypothesizes that the performance of agriculture in India depends upon (1) investments in agriculture (private and public); (2)...

Integrated assessment frameworks which can account comprehensively for the benefits related to water quality improvements have not yet been established. The main challenge is to link economic valuation with hydrological data in an appropriate way. We here explore the so-called 'impact pathway...

The absence of temporally consistent data on nonpoint source pollution has long hindered the efforts to quantify the environmental and economic impacts of intensive farming in China. We compile a unique satellite-derived panel dataset to investigate the impacts of cropland areas on the outbreak...

This study evaluates the tradeoff between agricultural production and water quality for individual producers using an integrated economic-biophysical hybrid genetic algorithm. We apply a multi-input, multi-output profit maximization model to detailed farm-level production data from the Oregon...

This paper examines the likely impact on agriculture of the climate change which has already taken place between 1960 and 2000. Accumulating greenhouse gases have caused global temperatures to rise approximately 0.25 °C during this period and for precipitation patterns to shift. Using...

This paper examines how the pollution generated by oil operations in Nigeria can affect agricultural total factor productivity. I analyze oil spillages, which constitute the major ecological disaster in Nigeria, leading to large environmental, economic and social problems. Following a...

In recent years, agricultural fires intended to clear crop residues account for roughly half as much burned biomass as forest fires. Like other forms of environmental degradation, burned biomass also incurs social costs for society through its contribution to the air pollution. One such cost is...

This paper was prepared as part of CPD's ongoing agricultural policy research and advocacy activities with IRRI under the PETRRA project. It provides an overview of the progress made so far in agricultural, rural development and poverty reduction. It discusses the role of agriculture in poverty...

El propósito fundamental de la estrategia de financiamiento rural (GN-2022) es orientar las actividades del personal de operaciones del Banco encargado de diseñar proyectos en esa área. El objetivo es promover la provisión de servicios financieros rurales eficientes, de amplia base, y...