Incomes from Rice Cultivation
Episode 4: Incomes from Rice Cultivation
For the fourth episode of the FAS Young Scholars’ Corner Season 2, we spoke to Deepak Johnson, Associate Fellow, Foundation for Agrarian Studies, about the price and non-price factors affecting incomes from rice cultivation in Kerala and the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam.
Deepak explains that non-price support measures like technological support need to complement price-related support to increase the incomes of rice cultivators.
Incomes from Rice Cultivation
Episode 4: Incomes from Rice Cultivation
For the fourth episode of the FAS Young Scholars’ Corner Season 2, we spoke to Deepak Johnson, Associate Fellow, Foundation for Agrarian Studies, about the price and non-price factors affecting incomes from rice cultivation in Kerala and the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam.
Deepak explains that non-price support measures like technological support need to complement price-related support to increase the incomes of rice cultivators.
Reading List:
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Paddy Cultivation in Kerala – Jayan Jose Thomas
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Impact of Economic Liberalization on Rice Intensification, Agricultural Diversification, and Rural Livelihoods in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam – Jean-François Le Coq and Guy Trebuil
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Observations from the Fieldwork in Kerala – Deepak Johnson
- Observations from the Fieldwork in Mekong Delta – Deepak Johnson
Sudha is an Administrative Assistant of the Foundation. She assists the administrative division of the Foundation and also has taken part in fieldwork organised by the Foundation.
