Is direct seeded rice a boon for economic performance? Empirical evidence from India

Food Policy

Volumn 73, Issue , 2017, Pages 10-18

  Mishra, Ashok K ^a   Khanal, Aditya R ^b   Pede, Valerien O ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Direct seeded rice (DSR); Impact assessment; India; Puddled transplant rice (PTR); Smallholders; Switching regression

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RICE; SMALLHOLDER;

INDIA;

EID: 85033361071     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2017.08.021     Document Type: Article

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