Index insurance for develo** country agriculture: a reassessment

M Carter, A de Janvry, E Sadoulet… - Annual Review of …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
With uninsured risk representing a major hurdle to investment, productivity growth, and
poverty reduction in develo** country smallholder agriculture, index-based agricultural …

Complexity in climate‐change impacts: an analytical framework for effects mediated by plant disease

KA Garrett, GA Forbes, S Savary, P Skelsey… - Plant …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The impacts of climate change on ecosystem services are complex in the sense that
effective prediction requires consideration of a wide range of factors. Useful analysis of …

Agricultural technologies for climate change in develo** countries: Policy options for innovation and technology diffusion

TJ Lybbert, DA Sumner - Food policy, 2012 - Elsevier
Climate has obvious direct effects on agricultural production. The reverse is more apparent
than ever as greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture are tallied. The development and …

The roles of risk and ambiguity in technology adoption

BL Barham, JP Chavas, D Fitz, VR Salas… - Journal of Economic …, 2014 - Elsevier
We study the impacts of risk and ambiguity aversion on the adoption of new technologies,
specifically genetically modified (GM) corn and soy seeds. We conduct experiments …

Flood-tolerant rice reduces yield variability and raises expected yield, differentially benefitting socially disadvantaged groups

MH Dar, A De Janvry, K Emerick, D Raitzer… - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
Approximately 30% of the cultivated rice area in India is prone to crop damage from
prolonged flooding. We use a randomized field experiment in 128 villages of Orissa India to …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling preference and willingness to pay for drought tolerance (DT) in maize in rural Zimbabwe

GT Kassie, A Abdulai, WH Greene, B Shiferaw… - World Development, 2017 - Elsevier
Maize plays a leading role in the food security of millions in southern Africa, yet it is highly
vulnerable to the moisture stress brought about by the erratic rainfall patterns that …

Agricultural adaptation to climate change in rich and poor countries: Current modeling practice and potential for empirical contributions

TW Hertel, DB Lobell - Energy Economics, 2014 - Elsevier
In this paper we discuss the scope of the adaptation challenge facing world agriculture in the
coming decades. Due to rising temperatures throughout the tropics, pressures for adaptation …

Is Indian agriculture becoming resilient to droughts? Evidence from rice production systems

PS Birthal, DS Negi, MT Khan, S Agarwal - Food Policy, 2015 - Elsevier
Drought is one of the major constraints to sustainable improvement of agricultural
productivity in the rainfed farming systems. In this paper, we have examined the frequency …

Using field experiments to elicit risk and ambiguity preferences: Behavioural factors and the adoption of new agricultural technologies in rural India

PS Ward, V Singh - The Journal of Development Studies, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
We conduct a series of experiments in rural India in order to measure preferences related to
risk, loss, and ambiguity. By combining these results with a discrete choice experiment over …

Transforming rice cultivation in flood prone coastal Odisha to ensure food and economic security

MH Dar, R Chakravorty, SA Waza, M Sharma, NW Zaidi… - Food security, 2017 - Springer
Flash floods leading to complete submergence of rice plants for 10–15 days is one of the
major constraints for rice production, mainly in rainfed lowland areas. In India, 30% of the …