An Analysis of Livestock Choice : Adapting to Climate Change in Latin American Farms

An Analysis of Livestock Choice : Adapting to Climate Change in Latin American Farms

The authors explore how Latin American livestock farmers adapt to climate by switching species. They develop a multinomial choice model of farmer's choice of livestock species. Estimating the models across over 1,200 livestock farmers in seven...

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Main Authors: Seo, S. Niggol, Mendelsohn, Robert
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
ANIMAL
ANIMAL PRICES
ANIMALS
BEEF
BEEF CATTLE
CATTLE
CATTLE SHEEP
CHICKENS
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
CLIMATE SYSTEM
CLIMATE VARIABLES
CLIMATE VARIATION
CLIMATIC CHANGE
DAIRY
DAIRY CATTLE
DISTRICT LEVEL
ECONOMIC IMPACTS
FARM
FARMER
FEED
FORESTRY
GLOBAL WARMING
GOATS
GRAZING
GRAZING ANIMALS
GRAZING LANDS
GREENHOUSE GAS
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
IPCC
ISSUES
LATIN AMERICAN
LIVESTOCK
LIVESTOCK FARMERS
LIVESTOCK INCOME
LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION
LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS
LIVESTOCK SECTOR
LIVESTOCK SPECIES
PIGS
PRECIPITATION
RAINFALL
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SHEEP
SOIL
SOILS
SOUTHERN CONE
TEMPERATURE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/03/7437436/analysis-livestock-choice-adapting-climate-change-latin-american-farms-analysis-livestock-choice-adapting-climate-change-latin-american-farms
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7195

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/03/7437436/analysis-livestock-choice-adapting-climate-change-latin-american-farms-analysis-livestock-choice-adapting-climate-change-latin-american-farms
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7195

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