Droughts, distress and a conditional cash transfer program to mitigate the impact of drought in Bihar, India

Paddy- Bihar's staple crop- is vulnerable to droughts, primarily due to high cost of irrigation. In 2008, Bihar government launched a conditional cash transfer scheme to subsidise diesel for irrigation in drought affected areas. We show that this scheme has not been effective in mitigating the impac...

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Main Authors: Kishore, Avinash, Joshi, Pramod Kumar, Pandey, Divya
Format: Conference Paper
Language:Inglés
Published: International Association of Agricultural Economists 2015
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151368

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