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

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dc.creatorJoshi, Pramod Kumar
dc.creatorAggarwal, Pramod K.
dc.creatorTyagi, N.K.
dc.creatorPandey, Divya
dc.date2015-03-17
dc.date2024-08-01T02:50:45Z
dc.date2024-08-01T02:50:45Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:45:49Z
dc.descriptionThe 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
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/150123
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/113904
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Association of Agricultural Economists
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceJoshi, 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
dc.subjectfertilizers
dc.subjectdevelopment policies
dc.subjectirrigation
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.titleRole of development policies in combating climate change issues in Indian agriculture: A first order assessment of irrigation and fertilizer policies
dc.typeConference Paper

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