Coping with drought in rice farming in Asia: Insights from a cross-country comparative study

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 37, Issue S1, 2007, Pages 213-224

  Pandey, Sushil ^a   Bhandari, Humnath ^b   Ding, Shijun ^c   Prapertchob, Preeda ^d   Sharan, Ramesh ^e   Naik, Dibakar ^f   Taunk, Sudhir K ^g   Sastri, Asras ^g  

^a INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^b JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c ZHONGNAN UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND LAW   (China)

^d KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e RANCHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^f ORISSA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^g INDIRA GANDHI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Coping mechanisms; Drought; Economic cost; Poverty

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; DROUGHT STRESS; FARMING SYSTEM; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; POVERTY; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; RICE; SOCIAL POLICY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 37349095018     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2007.00246.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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