‘Sticky Rice’: Variety inertia and groundwater crisis in a technologically progressive state of India
This paper studies the high adoption of Pusa 44, a long-duration and old rice variety cultivated in Punjab, despite the availability of new short-duration varieties and the overall technological advancement of agriculture. We use farm-household data from a primary survey conducted in 2016-17. Pusa 4...
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| author | Joshi, Kuhu Joshi, Pramod Kumar Khan, Md. Tajuddin Kishore, Avinash |
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| description | This paper studies the high adoption of Pusa 44, a long-duration and old rice variety cultivated in Punjab, despite the availability of new short-duration varieties and the overall technological advancement of agriculture. We use farm-household data from a primary survey conducted in 2016-17. Pusa 44 yields on average 2.5 quintals higher per hectare than competing short-duration variety PR 121. It also consumes 16 percent additional water because of its longer duration. As energy for groundwater irrigation is provided tariff-free by the state, Pusa 44 farmers obtain higher net returns even though they pump additional groundwater. Consequently, they have little economic incentive to switch to new short-duration varieties. This varietal stickiness is a pressing policy issue considering the ongoing groundwater crisis in the state. We show that Punjab currently incurs an additional energy-subsidy cost of US$ 49 million per annum on irrigating Pusa 44. Future costs will continue to multiply unless farmers are incentivized to switch to short-duration rice varieties. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1465092025-11-06T07:14:29Z ‘Sticky Rice’: Variety inertia and groundwater crisis in a technologically progressive state of India Joshi, Kuhu Joshi, Pramod Kumar Khan, Md. Tajuddin Kishore, Avinash energy policies technology adoption hybrids rice capacity development crop yield energy for agriculture water resources innovation adoption subsidies water use This paper studies the high adoption of Pusa 44, a long-duration and old rice variety cultivated in Punjab, despite the availability of new short-duration varieties and the overall technological advancement of agriculture. We use farm-household data from a primary survey conducted in 2016-17. Pusa 44 yields on average 2.5 quintals higher per hectare than competing short-duration variety PR 121. It also consumes 16 percent additional water because of its longer duration. As energy for groundwater irrigation is provided tariff-free by the state, Pusa 44 farmers obtain higher net returns even though they pump additional groundwater. Consequently, they have little economic incentive to switch to new short-duration varieties. This varietal stickiness is a pressing policy issue considering the ongoing groundwater crisis in the state. We show that Punjab currently incurs an additional energy-subsidy cost of US$ 49 million per annum on irrigating Pusa 44. Future costs will continue to multiply unless farmers are incentivized to switch to short-duration rice varieties. 2018-11-09 2024-06-21T09:07:18Z 2024-06-21T09:07:18Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146509 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147272 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Joshi, Kuhu; Joshi, Pramod Kumar; Khan, Md. Tajuddin; and Kishore, Avinash. 2018. ‘Sticky Rice’: Variety inertia and groundwater crisis in a technologically progressive state of India. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1766. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146509 |
| spellingShingle | energy policies technology adoption hybrids rice capacity development crop yield energy for agriculture water resources innovation adoption subsidies water use Joshi, Kuhu Joshi, Pramod Kumar Khan, Md. Tajuddin Kishore, Avinash ‘Sticky Rice’: Variety inertia and groundwater crisis in a technologically progressive state of India |
| title | ‘Sticky Rice’: Variety inertia and groundwater crisis in a technologically progressive state of India |
| title_full | ‘Sticky Rice’: Variety inertia and groundwater crisis in a technologically progressive state of India |
| title_fullStr | ‘Sticky Rice’: Variety inertia and groundwater crisis in a technologically progressive state of India |
| title_full_unstemmed | ‘Sticky Rice’: Variety inertia and groundwater crisis in a technologically progressive state of India |
| title_short | ‘Sticky Rice’: Variety inertia and groundwater crisis in a technologically progressive state of India |
| title_sort | sticky rice variety inertia and groundwater crisis in a technologically progressive state of india |
| topic | energy policies technology adoption hybrids rice capacity development crop yield energy for agriculture water resources innovation adoption subsidies water use |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146509 |
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