Innovations in agricultural insurance in India: Retrospect and prospect

Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 457-471

  Banerjee, Debisree ^a   Bhattacharya, Uttam ^a  

^a Institute of Development Studies   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; CLIMATE EFFECT; CROP PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INCOME; INNOVATION; INSURANCE SYSTEM; STATE ROLE;

INDIA;

EID: 84055217582     PISSN: 00195014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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