Accidental Gamblers: Risk and Vulnerability in Vidarbha Cotton - Hardcover

Gaurav, Sarthak; Ranganathan, Thiagu

 
9781108832298: Accidental Gamblers: Risk and Vulnerability in Vidarbha Cotton

Synopsis

A study of farmers' gamble with cotton in Vidarbha, India by relying on historical research and 12 years of longitudinal study.

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About the Authors

Sarthak Gaurav is a faculty in Economics at SJMSOM, IIT Bombay. He began researching risk and vulnerability of agricultural households in Vidarbha and Gujarat since 2008 as part of his PhD at IGIDR, Mumbai. His postdoctoral research at the London School of Economics and CSH, New Delhi was on the Palanpur longitudinal village study. He cofounded the Behavioural Lab and GISE Hub at IIT Bombay.

Thiagu Ranganathan is a faculty at the Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram. Since his PhD at the IIT Bombay, he has worked on issues in agricultural economics and development economics including agricultural price risk management and implications of water scarcity on rural livelihood diversification.

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