Farmers’ preferences for climate-smart agriculture: An assessment in the Indo-Gangetic plain

Taneja, Garima; Pal, Barun Deb; Joshi, Pramod Kumar; Aggarwal, Pramod and Tyagi, N.K. 2014. Farmers’ preferences for climate-smart agriculture: An assessment in the Indo-Gangetic plain. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1337. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149370

This study was undertaken to assess farmers’ preferences and willingness to pay (WTP) for various climate-smart interventions in the Indo-Gangetic Plain. The research outputs will be helpful in integrating farmers’ choices with government programs in the selected regions. The Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) was selected because it is highly vulnerable to climate change, which may adversely affect the sustainability of the rice-wheat production system and the food security of the region. Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) can mitigate the negative impacts of climate change and improve the efficiency of the rice-wheat-based production system. CSA requires a complete package of practices to achieve the desired objectives, but adoption is largely dependent on farmers’ preferences and their capacity and WTP.