Role of development policies in combating climate change issues in Indian agriculture: A first order assessment of irrigation and fertilizer policies

The Government of India has pursued policies supporting intensive use of irrigation and fertilizer for the development of agrarian economy. A first order assessment of the impacts of these development policies on mitigation, adaptation, resilience and sustainability has been made quantitatively with...

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Main Authors: Joshi, Pramod Kumar, Aggarwal, Pramod K., Tyagi, N.K., Pandey, Divya
Format: Conference Paper
Language:Inglés
Published: International Association of Agricultural Economists 2015
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150123
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author Joshi, Pramod Kumar
Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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Pandey, Divya
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description The Government of India has pursued policies supporting intensive use of irrigation and fertilizer for the development of agrarian economy. A first order assessment of the impacts of these development policies on mitigation, adaptation, resilience and sustainability has been made quantitatively with the help of specific performance indicators. The analysis is based on the hypothesis that productivity enhancement serves better to deal with climate change as it minimizes deforestation and therefore reduces intensification of greenhouse gas emissions. The assessment establishes that development policies have been highly successful in reducing potential greenhouse gas intensification and increasing the adaptation capacity in terms of food grain production. The performance of policies, particularly of water resources development, with respect to sustainability is, however, questionable. The relatively new initiative on micro irrigation fares well in respect of most performance indicators, calling for further policy support for its scaling out. Joshi, Pramod K.; Aggarwal, P.K.; Tyagi, N.K.; Pandey, Divya
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spelling CGSpace1501232024-11-13T12:23:13Z Role of development policies in combating climate change issues in Indian agriculture: A first order assessment of irrigation and fertilizer policies Joshi, Pramod Kumar Aggarwal, Pramod K. Tyagi, N.K. Pandey, Divya fertilizers development policies irrigation climate change The Government of India has pursued policies supporting intensive use of irrigation and fertilizer for the development of agrarian economy. A first order assessment of the impacts of these development policies on mitigation, adaptation, resilience and sustainability has been made quantitatively with the help of specific performance indicators. The analysis is based on the hypothesis that productivity enhancement serves better to deal with climate change as it minimizes deforestation and therefore reduces intensification of greenhouse gas emissions. The assessment establishes that development policies have been highly successful in reducing potential greenhouse gas intensification and increasing the adaptation capacity in terms of food grain production. The performance of policies, particularly of water resources development, with respect to sustainability is, however, questionable. The relatively new initiative on micro irrigation fares well in respect of most performance indicators, calling for further policy support for its scaling out. Joshi, Pramod K.; Aggarwal, P.K.; Tyagi, N.K.; Pandey, Divya 2015-03-17 2024-08-01T02:50:45Z 2024-08-01T02:50:45Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150123 en Open Access International Association of Agricultural Economists Joshi, Pramod Kumar; Aggarwal, Pramod K.; Tyagi, N.K.; and Pandey, Divya. 2015. Role of development policies in combating climate change issues in Indian agriculture: A first order assessment of irrigation and fertilizer policies. Presented at the 29th Triennial International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE), August 8 -14, 2015 in Milan, Italy. https://purl.umn.edu/211817
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climate change
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
Tyagi, N.K.
Pandey, Divya
Role of development policies in combating climate change issues in Indian agriculture: A first order assessment of irrigation and fertilizer policies
title Role of development policies in combating climate change issues in Indian agriculture: A first order assessment of irrigation and fertilizer policies
title_full Role of development policies in combating climate change issues in Indian agriculture: A first order assessment of irrigation and fertilizer policies
title_fullStr Role of development policies in combating climate change issues in Indian agriculture: A first order assessment of irrigation and fertilizer policies
title_full_unstemmed Role of development policies in combating climate change issues in Indian agriculture: A first order assessment of irrigation and fertilizer policies
title_short Role of development policies in combating climate change issues in Indian agriculture: A first order assessment of irrigation and fertilizer policies
title_sort role of development policies in combating climate change issues in indian agriculture a first order assessment of irrigation and fertilizer policies
topic fertilizers
development policies
irrigation
climate change
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150123
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