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Change in resources due
to climate change, e.g.
water, soil condition, light
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Climate change
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-+
+
Region specific technology
innovation and appreciation
to promote adaptability for
climate change
Development of
endogenous technology to
fight climate variability
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+ = Positive change, - = Negative change
FIGURe 11.1 Conceptual framework: climate-technology
interaction.
conceptual framework, I will examine the role of spatial vari-
ability in climate as an incentive to the innovation of technolo-
gies in the Indiaese agricultural system.
One of the assumptions made by the induced innovation
hypothesis is that when agents of production (e.g. farmers, pub-
lic institutions) experience problems with change in resource
endowments such as that, perhaps, brought about by climate
change, they are likely to seek new knowledge that will help
overcome these constraints. The change in resource endowment
(see Figure 11.1), therefore, may solicit an adaptive response
whereby farmers and their supportive institutions may adjust
management techniques and the allocation of resources to off-
set the effect of climate change. More specifically, in a society
(e.g. India) where land is already a scarce resource due to the
combined effect of population growth and unfavorable climate
for crop growth and development, as the pressure to grow food
on climatically less-favoured areas continues, the marginal cost
of production increases relative to the marginal cost of produc-
tion via the application of technologies. Eventually, societies
will reach a stage where land augmentation will become an
appropriate means of increasing agricultural output. This will
ultimately lead to the development of technologies based on cli-
matic resources of an area. This may be through the adoption
of location-specific crop varieties combined with other man-
agement strategies, such as efficient irrigation or application of
chemical fertilisers.
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