Measuring Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change: A Structural Ricardian Model of African Livestock Management

This article develops a new cross-sectional methodology that explicitly incorporates adaptation into an analysis of the impacts of climate change. The methodology examines how a farmer will change choices of species and number to adapt to climate. The approach is applied to study Africa, where the i...

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Main Authors:	Seo, S. Niggol, Mendelsohn, Robert
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets Q120 Climate Natural Disasters Global Warming Q540
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4933

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spelling	okr-10986-49332021-04-23T14:02:20Z Measuring Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change: A Structural Ricardian Model of African Livestock Management Seo, S. Niggol Mendelsohn, Robert Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets Q120 Climate Natural Disasters Global Warming Q540 This article develops a new cross-sectional methodology that explicitly incorporates adaptation into an analysis of the impacts of climate change. The methodology examines how a farmer will change choices of species and number to adapt to climate. The approach is applied to study Africa, where the impacts of climate change are expected to be the most severe. The results indicate that in warmer places, African farmers switch from beef cattle to more heat-tolerant goats and sheep. In wetter places, farmers switch from cattle and sheep to goats and chickens. The results indicate that large commercial livestock operations specializing in beef cattle will be hard hit from climate change whereas small farmers who can easily substitute to goats and/or sheep will be more resilient. 2012-03-30T07:30:27Z 2012-03-30T07:30:27Z 2008 Journal Article Agricultural Economics 01695150 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4933 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Africa
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description	This article develops a new cross-sectional methodology that explicitly incorporates adaptation into an analysis of the impacts of climate change. The methodology examines how a farmer will change choices of species and number to adapt to climate. The approach is applied to study Africa, where the impacts of climate change are expected to be the most severe. The results indicate that in warmer places, African farmers switch from beef cattle to more heat-tolerant goats and sheep. In wetter places, farmers switch from cattle and sheep to goats and chickens. The results indicate that large commercial livestock operations specializing in beef cattle will be hard hit from climate change whereas small farmers who can easily substitute to goats and/or sheep will be more resilient.
format	Journal Article
author	Seo, S. Niggol Mendelsohn, Robert
author_facet	Seo, S. Niggol Mendelsohn, Robert
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title	Measuring Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change: A Structural Ricardian Model of African Livestock Management
title_short	Measuring Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change: A Structural Ricardian Model of African Livestock Management
title_full	Measuring Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change: A Structural Ricardian Model of African Livestock Management
title_fullStr	Measuring Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change: A Structural Ricardian Model of African Livestock Management
title_full_unstemmed	Measuring Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change: A Structural Ricardian Model of African Livestock Management
title_sort	measuring impacts and adaptations to climate change: a structural ricardian model of african livestock management
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Measuring Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change: A Structural Ricardian Model of African Livestock Management

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