Technology-Climate Interactions in the Green Revolution in India

J.W. McKinsey and R. Evenson

Working Papers from Yale - Economic Growth Center

Abstract: This paper present a model of the Green Revolution in India, in which the development and diffusion of HYVs, the expansion of irrigation and the expansion of multiple-cropping are treated as endogenous responses to more basic investments in agricultural technology and infrastructure, as well as to climate and edaphic endowments. We incorporate explicit climate-technology interactions in the model, in order to identify climate effects on the diffusion of HYVs, irrigation and multiple- cropping, and on Net Revenue to agriculture. We find that climate affects technology development and diffusion, and that technology development and diffusion affect the impacts of climate on agricultural productivity in India.

Keywords: GREEN REVOLUTION; AGRICULTURE; RICE; CLIMATE (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q10 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 pages
Date: 1999
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