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Agricultural losses from banning pesticides
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Average monthly net income per agricultural householdRs6426
Statement 12, pg 22
http://mospi.nic.in/sites/default/files/publication_reports/KI_70_33_19dec14.pdf
Indian Situation assessment survey of agricultural households, 2013
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Average monthly net receipts from cultivationRs3081
Statement 12, pg 22
http://mospi.nic.in/sites/default/files/publication_reports/KI_70_33_19dec14.pdf
Indian Situation assessment survey of agricultural households, 2013
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Number of agricultural households#90,203,900
Statement 12, pg 22
http://mospi.nic.in/sites/default/files/publication_reports/KI_70_33_19dec14.pdf
Indian Situation assessment survey of agricultural households, 2013
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Reduction in cultivation net income from pesticide bans%1.0%Assumption
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Reduction in monthly income per householdRs30.8Calc
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Reduction in total monthly net ln(income) per household
ln(income)
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Average household size4.7
Assumed same as GiveDirectly: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bmmBhyVDeUJPKc6PRj1WztoCu_717yZYwbaB7RUo-2g/edit#gid=1680005064&range=B8
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Reduction in total monthly net ln(income) per person0.02259
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Total reduction in ln(income)2,037,593
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Value assigned to increasing ln(consumption) by one unit for one person for one year
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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bmmBhyVDeUJPKc6PRj1WztoCu_717yZYwbaB7RUo-2g/edit#gid=1362437801&range=B16
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Total units of value lost from reduced ag productivity2,934,133
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Potential benefits from reduced suicide
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Annual pesticide suicides in india65000
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AkAo4dwLxXAUFcs8CvgsfQtilUn5JT04tf9cd6CjiQU/edit
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Units of value for preventing pesticide suicide75
Assumption; 75% of value of preventing adult malaria death
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Total units of value from preventing every suicide4,875,000
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How much could realistically reduce pesticide suicide?60%Assumption
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Total units of value from reducing suicide2,925,000
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Reduced ag productivity as a proportion of potential suicide benefits
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Average monthly expenses from crop production (of those who do some cultivation)
2,192
Statement 12, pg 22
http://mospi.nic.in/sites/default/files/publication_reports/KI_70_33_19dec14.pdf
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What increase in costs would offset benefits?1.41%
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Average monthly expenditure on plant protection chemicals
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http://mospi.nic.in/sites/default/files/publication_reports/KI_70_33_19dec14.pdf
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plant protection chemicals as % of costs7.53%
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What increase in pesticide costs would offset benefits?19%
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