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Does climate change make foodgrain yields more unpredictable : evidence from India
Verma, Saumya; Gupta, Shreekant; Sen, Partha - 2020
How would climate change affect India’s agriculture which accounts for sixty percent of employment? We study the impact … of climate change on the level and variability of yields of rice (India’s major food crop) and two key millet crops … (sorghum and pearl millet), using an all India district level panel dataset from 1966-2011. A stochastic production function is …
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Crop insurance and crop productivity : evidence from rice farmers in eastern India
Kumar, Anjani; Saroj, Sunil; Mishra, Ashok K. - 2021
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Addressing air quality spurts due to crop stubble burning during COVID19 pandemic : a case of Punjab
Pandey, Rita; Kedia, Shailly; Malhotra, Anuja - 2020
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Does climate change make foodgrain yields more unpredictable? : evidence from India
Verma, Saumya; Gupta, Shreekant; Sen, Partha - 2020
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Volatility and the gains from trade
Allen, Treb; Atkin, David - 2016
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Climate change, weather anomalies, and agriculture : impact on output of major crops in India
Gupta, Shreekant; Bhandari, Laveesh; Jakhu, Ramandeep; … - 2022
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Towards sustainable, productive and profitable agriculture : case of rice and sugarcane
Gulati, Ashok; Mohan, Gayathri - 2018
Indian agriculture is estimated to be consuming about 78 percent of total fresh water resources available in the country. Yet, more than half of the gross cropped area is still dependent on rains. Extremely skewed allocation of scarce irrigation water amongst crops and inefficient use of the...
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Hurricane watch : battening down the effects of the storm on local crop production
Spencer, Nekeisha; Polachek, Solomon W. - 2015
This study utilizes a panel fixed effects model to explore the economic impact of hurricanes on local crop production in Jamaica using quarterly 1999-2008 micro level data. We find, in general, that hurricanes will have a negative impact on production but not for crops grown below ground. The...
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On the road again with Arthur Young : English, Irish and French agriculture during the industrial revolution
Allen, Robert C.; Ó Gráda, Cormac - 1986
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Yield effects of selected agronomic innovation packages in maize cropping systems of six countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
Eyshi Rezaei, Ehsan; Gaiser, Thomas - 2018
Implementation of suitable innovation packages into cropping systems is required to address the issues of food security and improvement of the crop yield in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, quantification of the effects of innovation packages such as increase in fertilizer application rates,...
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