Determinants of Farmers’ Vulnerability to Poverty Due to Crop Loss: The Case of Assam, India

Q3 Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Studies in Microeconomics Pub Date : 2022-12-19 DOI:10.1177/23210222221135455

Daisy Das

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Abstract

This article tries to assess the determinants of farmers’ vulnerability to poverty due to crop loss and to find out how they cope with it. To carry out the aforesaid study, we have conducted a field survey in Assam, India. Using ordered probit regression, we find that vulnerability is determined by a host of factors such as age, family size, social group, monthly expenditure, loss due to crop damage, coping measures, crop insurance, use of chemical fertilizers and irrigation. However, access to institutional support does not reduce vulnerability significantly. Coping measures are mostly destructive, and farmers with these coping strategies are more vulnerable to poverty. Social safety nets such as public distribution and ad hoc employment facilities are available, but the safety nets needed for farming and basic measures required for increasing productivity have been lacking. The study recommends affordable irrigation, training and awareness programmes and the provision of the resource base for successful coping. It is also important to provide opportunities for livelihood diversification to maintain the inflow of cash during crop loss. Finally, farmers who are on the margins of subsistence require institutions for social security to reduce vulnerability and bring about transformation. JEL Classification: C83

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农民因作物损失而易受贫困影响的决定因素：以印度阿萨姆邦为例

本文试图评估农民易因作物损失而陷入贫困的决定因素，并找出他们如何应对这一问题。为了进行上述研究，我们在印度阿萨姆邦进行了实地调查。通过有序probit回归，我们发现脆弱性是由一系列因素决定的，如年龄、家庭规模、社会群体、月支出、作物损失、应对措施、作物保险、化肥使用和灌溉。然而，获得机构支持并不能显著减少脆弱性。应对措施大多是破坏性的，采取这些应对策略的农民更容易陷入贫困。虽然有公共分配和临时就业设施等社会安全网，但缺乏农业所需的安全网和提高生产力所需的基本措施。该研究建议实施负担得起的灌溉、培训和提高认识方案以及为成功应对提供资源基础。同样重要的是，要为生计多样化提供机会，以便在作物损失期间保持现金流入。最后，处于生存边缘的农民需要社会保障制度来减少脆弱性并实现转型。JEL分类:C83

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