Affiliation:
1. Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.
2. Department of Economics, Boston University, 270 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215.
Abstract
We examine the role of delivery of subsidized seeds and fertilizers in the form of agricultural minikits by local governments in three successive farm panels in West Bengal spanning 1982–1995. These programs significantly raised farm value added per acre, accounting for almost two-thirds of the observed growth. The estimates are robust to possible endogeneity of program placement, controls for farm and year effects, other programs of agricultural development, local weather, and price shocks. The effects of the kits delivery program overshadowed the effects of other rural development programs, including the tenancy registration program Operation Barga. (JEL O13, Q12, Q16, Q18)
Publisher
American Economic Association
Subject
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Cited by
28 articles.
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