Rural Households in a Changing Climate

Rural Households in a Changing Climate

This paper argues that climate change poses two distinct, if related, sets of challenges for poor rural households: challenges related to the increasing frequency and severity of weather shocks and challenges related to long-term shifts in temperature, rainfall patterns, water availability, and othe...

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Main Authors: Baez, Javier E., Kronick, Dorothy, Mason, Andrew D.
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2015
Subjects:
agricultural production
agricultural technology
climate change
crop yield
household welfare
human capital
poor rural households
risk management
rural communities
rural areas
rural settings
social safety nets
water availability
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21432

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