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                 CENTER DISCUSSION PAPER NO.805
                                
                                
                                
                                
             TECHNOLOGY CLIMATE INTERACTIONS IN THE
                   GREEN REVOLUTION IN INDIA
                                
                                
                                
                     James W. McKinsey, Jr.
                         Bryant College
                                
                       Robert E. Evenson
                        Yale University
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                          August 1999







          Note:     Center Discussion Papers are preliminary materials circulated to stimulate discussions and
          critical comments.


                TECHNOLOGY CLIMATE INTERACTIONS
               IN THE GREEN REVOLUTION IN INDIA*
                                
                                
                                
                     James W. McKinsey, Jr.
                       Robert E. Evenson



                            Abstract

This paper present a model of the Green Revolution in India, in which the development and diffusion
of HYVs, the expansion of irrigation and the expansion of multiple-cropping are treated as
endogenous responses to more basic investments in agricultural technology and infrastructure, as
well as to climate and edaphic endowments.  We incorporate explicit climate-technology interactions
in the model, in order to identify climate effects on the diffusion of HYVs, irrigation and multiple-
cropping, and on Net Revenue to agriculture.  We find that climate affects technology development
and diffusion, and that technology development and diffusion affect the impacts of climate on
agricultural productivity in India.


Key words: Green Revolution, India, HYV, Rice, Wheat, Climate, Agricultural Research

JEL classifications: 112, 121, 226, 620, 710


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McKinsey: Department of Economics, Bryant College, Douglas Pike, Smithfield, RI
          jmckinse@bryant.edu
Evenson:  Economic Growth Center, Yale University, Box 208269, New Haven,
          CT, 06520      robert.evenson@yale.edu



*This paper is based on McKinsey's unpublished 1998 Yale Ph.D. disseration HYVs, Multiple-
Cropping, Irrigation, Climate and the Green Revolution in India, written under the direction of
Professor Evenson.  The assistance of Bruce Dixon, Robert Mendelsohn, Ariel Dinar and three
anonymous referees is gratefully acknowledged; all usual disclaimers apply.