Rainfall and supply-response: a study of rice in India

Lahiri, A.K. and Roy, P. (1985) Rainfall and supply-response: a study of rice in India. Journal of Development Economics, 18 (2-3). pp. 315-334.

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Abstract

Agriculture in many developing countries is still predominantly rain-dependent and unless rainfall is introduced into the supply-response functions carefully the equations can be misspecified, leading to bias in the computation of elasticities. Rainfall is modelled carefully in this study in a non-linear fashion which takes into account the detrimental impact on output of both droughts and floods. The new specification has the added advantage that 'optimum' rainfall requirement can be estimated from the structure. It is also possible to construct a rainfall index to capture the 'pure' effect of rainfall after accounting for change in other variables such as prices and irrigation

Item Type: Article
Author Affiliation: Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University, Delhi 11007, India
Subjects: Crop Improvement
Divisions: Other Crops
Depositing User: Syamala
Date Deposited: 18 May 2011 03:24
Last Modified: 18 May 2011 03:24
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0304-3878(85)90060-4
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/2035

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