Can access to better forecasts help farmers better adapt to climate change?

A groundbreaking study led by Professor Fiona Burlig, Deputy Director for the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC India) and an assistant professor at the Harris School of Public Policy, and her team, explores the impact of accurate long-range forecasts on developing-country agriculture, specifically focusing on the onset of the Indian Summer Monsoon.

The study was funded by the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics at the University of Chicago, The International Growth Center (IGC), J-PAL’s Agricultural Technology Adoption Initiative and King Climate Action Initiative, and the World Bank.