Climate Change, Agricultural Production, and Poverty in India

Saibal Kar () and Nimai Das

Chapter Chapter 4 in Poverty Reduction Policies and Practices in Developing Asia, 2015, pp 55-76 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The low-income households in the South Asian countriesSouth Asian countries are highly sensitive to climate-intensive sectors like agriculture, mainly due to the negative impact of climate change on the food production system as a whole. Climate-induced supply shortfallsSupply 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 expenditureRural consumption expenditure . We found a discerning impact of the climate change on the net revenue and well-being of the rural people. A theoretical exercise generalizes the empirical findings.

Keywords: India; Poverty; Agriculture; Food production; Climate change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 C68 Q11 Q21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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