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1 online resource (428 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Aim and scope -- Plan of the book -- References -- Part I: Agriculture -- Chapter 1: Risk and risk management in agriculture -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Nature and source of risks in agriculture -- 1.2.1 Nature of risk -- 1.2.2 Sources of farm revenue risk -- 1.3 Models of decision-making under risk -- 1.3.1 Expected utility theory |
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1.3.2 Non-expected utility theory-rank dependent utility theory and cumulative prospect theory -- 1.3.3 Models based on securebased on security principle -- safety principle, safety first, safety fixed and maximin -- 1.4 Risk and technology adoption -- 1.5 Risk management and its efficacy -- 1.5.1 Informal risk management strategies of farmers in rain-fed regions -- 1.5.2 Formal risk management strategies of farmers in rainfed regions -- 1.6 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2: Assessment of water footprint under wheat cultivation in Uttar Pradesh -- 2.1 Introduction |
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2.2 Defining Water Footprint -- 2.3 Methods and methodology -- 2.4 Results and discussion -- 2.5 Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 3: Productive efficiency of agricultural sector in Uttar Pradesh -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Agriculture in Uttar Pradesh: Past and present -- 3.3 Methodology -- 3.4 Empirical analyses and findings -- 3.5 Concluding remarks -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4: Agricultural productivity in Bihar and its determinants: A district-level analysis -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Literature on agricultural productivity in various parts of India |
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4.3 Total factor productivity: An index-based approach -- 4.4 Empirical work -- 4.5 Results -- 4.6 Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Part II: Energy and climate change -- Chapter 5: Indian youth's willingness to pay for climate change policies: A contingent valuation study -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Related literature -- 5.3 Theoretical framework -- 5.4 Empirical framework -- 5.4.1 Results -- 5.5 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6: An advance methodology for estimating the elasticities and rebound effect -- 6.1 Introduction |
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6.2 Theoretical discourse on price elasticities and rebound effect -- 6.3 Household behavior and the AIDS framework -- 6.4 The case study: Consumption expenditure of households with rural non-farm employment in West Bengal, India -- 6.4.1 Data -- 6.4.2 Estimation of elasticities and RE -- 6.4.3 Regression analysis -- 6.4.4 Elasticity parameter estimates -- 6.4.5 Rebound effect -- 6.5 Summary and conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7: Index decomposition analysis of energy use in India -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Measuring energy intensity |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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7.3 IDA: Understanding the drivers of change in energy use |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mukherjee, Deep
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Saha, Sarani
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| ISBN |
9781000330472 |
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1000330478 |
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