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Contents

Drought: definitionand rice area affected

Some economic consequences ofdrought

Coping mechanisms offarmers

Ex ante coping mechanisms

Ex post coping mechanisms (consumptionsmoothing)

Characteristics of the rice production system in Orissa and eastern Uttar Pradesh

Production losses to drought

Effect on employment

Ex ante coping mechanisms

Ex post coping mechanisms

Effectiveness of coping mechanisms

The total economic cost of drought

Mitigating drought: opportunities for technological and policy interventions

Concluding remarks

ReferencesAbout the authors

Estimating the economic cost of drought in eastern India

Analysis of drought-coping mechanismsof farmers in eastern India

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