How China's Farmers Adapt to Climate Change

How China's Farmers Adapt to Climate Change

This paper uses a cross sectional method to analyze irrigation choice and crop choice across 8,405 farmers in 28 provinces in China. The findings show that Chinese farmers are more likely to irrigate when facing lower temperatures and less precipit...

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Main Authors: Wang, Jinxia, Mendelsohn, Robert, Dinar, Ariel, Huang, Jikun
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ACCESS TO MARKETS
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
AGRICULTURAL POLICY
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
CLAY SOILS
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
CLIMATE CHANGES
CLIMATE IMPACTS
CLIMATE MODELS
CLIMATE SENSITIVITY
CLIMATE VARIABLES
CLIMATES
COTTON
CROP
CROP VARIETIES
CROPLAND
CROPPING
CROPPING PATTERNS
CULTIVATED LAND
EMISSIONS
FAO
FARM
FARMER
FARMERS
FARMS
FERTILIZER
FOOD PRODUCTION
FORESTRY
GLOBAL WARMING
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
IPCC
IRRIGATED LAND
IRRIGATION
LAND SIZE
LIVESTOCK SPECIES
LOAM SOILS
MAIZE
NATURAL RESOURCE
NATURAL SCIENCES
NEW CROP VARIETIES
OIL CROPS
POTATOES
PRECIPITATION
PRIVATE PROPERTY
RAINFALL
RAINFED AGRICULTURE
RAINFED FARMING
RICE
RIVER
RIVER BASIN
SOIL
SOIL TYPES
SOILS
SOYBEAN
SOYBEANS
SPRING
SUGAR
TEMPERATURE
TILLAGE
VEGETABLES
VILLAGE LEVEL
WATER AVAILABILITY
WATER SUPPLIES
WHEAT
WORLD FOOD SUPPLY
YIELDS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/9962762/chinas-farmers-adapt-climate-change
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6915

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/9962762/chinas-farmers-adapt-climate-change
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6915

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