Climate change, agricultural production and poverty in India

Kar, Saibal and Das, Nimai (2015): Climate change, agricultural production and poverty in India. Published in:

Abstract

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.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: India, poverty, agriculture, food production, climate change
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C2 - Single Equation Models ; Single Variables > C23 - Panel Data Models ; Spatio-temporal Models; C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C6 - Mathematical Methods ; Programming Models ; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling > C63 - Computational Techniques ; Simulation Modeling; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q1 - Agriculture > Q11 - Aggregate Supply and Demand Analysis ; Prices

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