Session 6B: Climate Change Impact and Adaptation (Auditorium 2)
Moderator: Lei Lei Song
Irrigation as an adaptation strategy to climate change: Estimation of agriculture productivity efficiency in Eastern India
Rajesh. M Kalli (National Institute of Technology Karnataka), Pradyot Ranjan Jena (National Institute of Technology Karnataka), Raja Timilsina (ADBI) and Dil. B Rahut (ADBI)
Irrigation is an adaptation strategy to climate change and reduces vulnerability to water stress, and improves crop productivity to feed millions. Therefore, this paper evaluates the farmer’s productivity through technical efficiency, i.e., the relationship between resource inputs and outputs of 513 paddy farmers in Eastern India using the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), which takes irrigation as one input for factors of production. The Results show that farms are operating at a 37% level of overall technical efficiency but have a scope of improving to over 60%. We also find that farmers using irrigation facilities are 8% more efficient in terms of pure technical efficiency than rain-fed ones. There is an apparent managerial efficiency among the farmers who are using irrigation. The factors affecting the efficiency scores are analyzed using Tobit and Betafit regression model. The positive result indicated a clear relationship between the role of irrigation among paddy cultivators and productivity efficiency. We explore the role of different sources of irrigation on efficiency scores, emphasizing the expansion of irrigation infrastructure potential to achieve more remarkable rural development..
JEL Code/s: Q15
The effects of weather shocks on the livestock production of Mongolia
Nandin-Erdene Enkhtuvshin (Mongolian Sustainable Finance Association) and Enerelt Enkhbold
This study analyses the effects of weather shocks on Mongolia’s economy through livestock production. With over 70 million livestock, the landlocked country is extremely vulnerable to climate change. In addition to climate change, there are other socioeconomic challenges, including poverty, gender inequality, and poor access to health services hindering Mongolia's rural development. In this study, it is hypothesized that a province with a large number of livestock with underdeveloped agricultural infrastructure tends to suffer more from weather shocks. We will further discuss opportunities to support herders through sustainable and climate finance.
JEL Code/s: Q51, Q54, Q11
Health impact of climate change and mitigating effects of climate policies: Evidence from Bangladesh
Shaikh Eskander and Minhaj Mahmud
We contribute to literature by providing a comprehensive analysis of health impacts of climate change events in Bangladesh and assessing the potential and realized mitigating benefits of climate policies. In particular, we mapped the climate actions undertaken by the government of Bangladesh in the form of climate (and related) laws and policies, specified market and non-market-based instruments embedded in those policies, and then draw (global) evidence on potential effects of such climate actions in (partially) mitigating the health adversities of climate change. Using different open-access data at both the household and regional levels, in addition to literature review and qualitative assessment, we attempt to identify the effects of climate change on human health and mitigating effects of climate policies. First such study for a developing country, our findings and recommendations can be generalized for other countries experiencing similar climate challenges globally.
JEL Code/s: Q54; Q58