Droughts, distress, and policies for drought proofing agriculture in Bihar, India

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.coverage.countryIndia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2IN
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.creator.identifierPramod Kumar Joshi: 0000-0002-9637-1767
cg.creator.identifierAvinash Kishore: 0000-0003-4625-4922
cg.creator.identifierDivya Pandey: 0000-0002-0797-7805
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - South Asia Office
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorKishore, Avinashen
dc.contributor.authorJoshi, Pramod Kumaren
dc.contributor.authorPandey, Divyaen
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-01T02:56:54Zen
dc.date.available2024-08-01T02:56:54Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/151369
dc.titleDroughts, distress, and policies for drought proofing agriculture in Bihar, Indiaen
dcterms.abstractThis study was undertaken to assess if various drought-proofing and drought-relief programs are effective in mitigating the impact of droughts on crop production and household consumption in rural Bihar, India. This study is relevant as Bihar has experienced four drought years since 2009. The drought in 2009 led to an increase in the number of poor people in the state from 2004-2005 to 2009-2010, in spite of rapid growth of gross domestic product in this period. The government of Bihar runs a number of drought-proofing and drought-relief programs to mitigate the impact of drought, but with little effect. The two largest social safety net programs-the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) and the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)-provide little relief to drought-affected families in rural Bihar. Additional subsidy on diesel to irrigate Kharif crops in drought-affected areas does not reach many farmers. Delays, uncertainties, and high transaction costs in its disbursal to farmers further reduce the subsidy’s effectiveness. Public tubewells and subsidy on private wells and pump-sets fail to provide wide-scale relief for the drought-stricken area. The results of our year-long study of 160 farmers with access to cheap irrigation from solar powered pump-sets in Bihar showed that these farmers grew paddy in all their land in Kharif in 2013, in spite of low rainfall.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationKishore, Avinash; Joshi, Pramod Kumar and Pandey, Divya. 2014. Droughts, distress, and policies for drought proofing agriculture in Bihar, India. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1398. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151369en
dcterms.extent36 pagesen
dcterms.isPartOfIFPRI Discussion Paperen
dcterms.issued2014
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.relationhttps://www.ifpri.org/blog/when-wells-fail-farmers-response-groundwater-depletion-indiaen
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/150058en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/128868en
dcterms.subjecttube wellsen
dcterms.subjectpublic distribution systemsen
dcterms.subjectpumpsen
dcterms.subjectsocial protectionen
dcterms.subjecttargetingen
dcterms.subjectirrigationen
dcterms.subjectdroughten
dcterms.subjectwater useen
dcterms.subjectsocial safety netsen
dcterms.subjectrural areasen
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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