how wider use of conservation tillage might offset the increase in drought-induced downside risk to soybean yields under … negatively affects corn or soybean yields. We also find that it can mitigate the impact of drought on soybean yields. We explore …

and temporally affecting cropping pattern and productivity. Drought incidences and prolonged dry days during crop growing … and drought events aligning with wheat growing season in the southern region of Ethiopia, particularly of Hadiya zone … (SPI) used to characterize drought events. Markov Chain Model used to assess the dry and wet spell conditions. The long …

Crop farmers have few short-run options for reducing downside production risk from changes in drought frequency and … how recent drought exposure, drought risk, and other climatic features have influenced adoption of DT corn--a water … drought risk and exposure. Using a representative sample of U.S. farmers' fields, we implement a novel econometric method …

yield and its risk are mixed. Under a drought condition, cover crops reduced soybean yield and increased yield variation … its risk imply that farmers are divided in their acceptance of cover crops as a mean to build resilience to drought … resilience to drought. We explored factors influencing farmer's adoption of cover crops and examined the effects of cover crops …

, drought and flood risks are likely to become a major policy concern as increasing population will increase the demand for food …

including changes in (i) rates of nitrogen application, (ii) supplementary irrigation and (iii) new cultivar (with higher … obtained in the combined innovations rather than individual practices in particular for the supplementary irrigation. We …