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Climate change, agricultural production and poverty in India

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  • Kar, Saibal
  • Das, Nimai

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The low-income households in the South Asian countries are highly sensitive to climate-intensive sectors like agriculture, mainly via negative impact for the food production system as a whole. Therefore, the climate-induced supply shortfalls in agriculture and consequent food price shocks may adversely affect consumption in these households. The tension between economic development, climate change and agricultural production offers a challenging research question not dealt with in recent studies for India. We explore the effect of climate change on farmland value and use a counterfactual measure of the farm revenue on rural consumption expenditure. We found a discerning impact of the climate change on net revenue and wellbeing of the rural people. A theoretical exercise generalizes the empirical findings.

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  • Kar, Saibal & Das, Nimai, 2015. "Climate change, agricultural production and poverty in India," MPRA Paper 103461, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    Keywords

    India; poverty; agriculture; food production; climate change;
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    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • C63 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Computational Techniques
    • Q11 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Aggregate Supply and Demand Analysis; Prices

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