Endogenous Irrigation : The Impact of Climate Change on Farmers in Africa

Endogenous Irrigation : The Impact of Climate Change on Farmers in Africa

Previous Ricardian analyses of agriculture have either omitted irrigation or treated irrigation as though it is exogenous. In practice, it is a choice by farmers that is sensitive to climate. This paper develops a choice model of irrigation in the...

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Main Authors: Kurukulasuriya, Pradeep, Mendelsohn, Robert
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
BASIN
CLAY
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGES
CLIMATE IMPACTS
CLIMATE SENSITIVITY
CLIMATE VARIABLES
CLOUDS
DICHOTOMOUS CHOICE
ELASTICITIES
ELASTICITY
ELECTRICITY
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
FARMS
FORESTRY
GLOBAL WARMING
HYDROLOGY
HYDROMETEOROLOGY
INCOME
IRRIGATION
LABOR COSTS
LAND ECONOMICS
LAND SURFACE
MEASUREMENTS
METEOROLOGY
NORMALS
PRECIPITATION
PRODUCTION QUANTITIES
PRODUCTIVITY
RAINFALL
REGIONAL WATER RESOURCES
SAND
SATELLITES
SCIENCES
SILT
SOIL
SOILS
SPRING
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
SURFACE WATER
TEMPERATURE
TEMPERATURE CHANGE
TEMPERATURE CHANGES
TEMPERATURE DATA
WAGES
WATER RESOURCES
WELFARE EFFECTS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/07/7848144/endogenous-irrigation-impact-climate-change-farmers-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7465

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/07/7848144/endogenous-irrigation-impact-climate-change-farmers-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7465

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