Farmers’ preferences for climate-smart agriculture an assessment in the Indo-Gangetic plain

Pramod Aggarwal, Pramod Kumar Joshi, Barun Deb Pal, Garima Taneja and N.K. Tyagi

No 1337, IFPRI discussion papers from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: This study was undertaken to assess farmers’ preferences and willingness to pay (WTP) for various climate-smart interventions in the Indo-Gangetic Plain. The research outputs will be helpful in integrating farmers’ choices with government programs in the selected regions. The Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) was selected because it is highly vulnerable to climate change, which may adversely affect the sustainability of the rice-wheat production system and the food security of the region. Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) can mitigate the negative impacts of climate change and improve the efficiency of the rice-wheat-based production system. CSA requires a complete package of practices to achieve the desired objectives, but adoption is largely dependent on farmers’ preferences and their capacity and WTP.

Keywords: Climate change; food security; Agricultural technology; Willingness to pay; Climate-smart agriculture; scoring method; bidding method (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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