Abiotic stresses such as droughts and floods significantly constrain rice production in India. New stress tolerant technologies have the potential to reduce yield variability and help insulate farmers from the risks posed by these hazards. Using discrete choice experiments conducted in rural Odisha, we estimate farmers' valuation for drought-tolerant (DT) and submergence-tolerant (SubT) traits embodied in rice cultivars. Our results demonstrate that farmers in both drought-prone as well as submergence prone regions value reduction in yield variability offered by new, stress-tolerant cultivars, and would generally be willing to pay a significant premium for these traits. While virtually all farmers perceive the threat of drought and are willing to pay for protection against drought risk, only farmers in flood-prone areas would be willing to pay for rice that can withstand being submerged for prolonged periods, suggesting the potential for market segmentation along geographical or ecological lines.

非生物胁迫（例如干旱和洪水）严重限制了印度的稻米生产。新的耐胁迫技术具有减少产量波动的潜力，并有助于使农民免受这些危害带来的风险。通过在奥里萨邦农村进行的离散选择实验，我们估算了农民对水稻品种中耐旱（DT）和耐淹水（SubT）性状的评价。我们的结果表明，在干旱多发地区和干旱易发地区，农民都对新的耐逆性品种提供的产量变异性降低了价值，并且通常愿意为这些性状付出高昂的代价。尽管几乎所有农民都意识到干旱的威胁，并愿意为保护免受干旱风险而付出代价，