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Effects of Irrigation-Induced Technological Change in Bangladesh Rice Production

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  • Akhter U. Ahmed
  • Rajan K. Sampath

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This paper evaluates the welfare implications of the irrigation-induced technological change in rice production, based on the conceptual framework of Hayami and Herdt and using a modified formulation of the problem. The analytical model used incorporates demand and supply shifts, provides exact measures of changes in consumers' and producers' surpluses, and examines the implications for distributive justice in terms of impacts on incidence and severity of poverty and inequality in income distribution. The results of the analysis suggest that irrigation-induced technological change would significantly promote distributive justice.

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  • Akhter U. Ahmed & Rajan K. Sampath, 1992. "Effects of Irrigation-Induced Technological Change in Bangladesh Rice Production," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 74(1), pages 144-157.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ajagec:v:74:y:1992:i:1:p:144-157.
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    1. Hagos, Fitsum & Makombe, Godswill & Namara, Regassa & Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele, 2008. "Importance of irrigated agriculture to the Ethiopian economy: capturing the direct net benefits of irrigation," IWMI Conference Proceedings 246409, International Water Management Institute.
    2. Tim Coelli & Sanzidur Rahman & Colin Thirtle, 2003. "A stochastic frontier approach to total factor productivity measurement in Bangladesh crop agriculture, 1961-92," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 15(3), pages 321-333.
    3. Wasantha Athukorala & Clevo Wilson, 2017. "Distributional impacts of irrigation-induced agricultural development in a semi-subsistence economy: new evidence," Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, Springer;Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies - SEEPS, vol. 19(1), pages 59-75, January.
    4. Li, Man, 2023. "Adaptation to expected and unexpected weather fluctuations: Evidence from Bangladeshi smallholder farmers," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 161(C).
    5. Hansen, Marc & Conteh, Mohamed & Shakya, Martina & Löwenstein, Wilhelm, 2016. "Determining Minimum Compensation for Lost Farmland: a theory-based impact evaluation of a land grab in Sierra Leone," IEE Working Papers 211, Ruhr University Bochum, Institute of Development Research and Development Policy (IEE).
    6. Löwenstein, Wilhelm & Shakya, Martina & Hansen, Marc & Gorkhali, Sanjay, 2015. "Do the Poor Benefit from Corporate Social Responsibility? A Theory-Based Impact Evaluation of Six Community-Based Water Projects in Sri Lanka," IEE Working Papers 210, Ruhr University Bochum, Institute of Development Research and Development Policy (IEE).

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