Crop Selection : Adapting to Climage Change in Africa

Crop Selection : Adapting to Climage Change in Africa

This paper examines whether the choice of crops is affected by climate in Africa. Using a multinomial logit model, the paper regresses crop choice on climate, soils, and other factors. The model is estimated using a sample of more than 7,000 farmer...

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Main Authors: Kurukulasuriya, Pradeep, Mendelsohn, Robert
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY
AGRICULTURE
AGRONOMY
AVAILABILITY OF SEED
BEANS
CHOICE OF CROPS
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH
CLIMATE CHANGES
CLIMATE SENSITIVITY
CLIMATE VARIABLES
CLIMATE ZONES
CLOUDS
COTTON
CROP
CROPLAND
DROUGHT
ECOLOGICAL ZONES
ELECTRICITY
FAO
FARM
FARMER
FARMERS
FARMING
FARMLAND
FARMS
FIELD CROPS
FORESTRY
GLOBAL WARMING
GRAINS
GREENHOUSE GASES
GROUNDNUT
HYDROLOGY
IRRIGATION
MAIZE
MILLET
PRECIPITATION
RAINFALL
RICE
RUNOFF
SATELLITES
SINGLE CROP
SOIL
SOIL TYPE
SOIL TYPES
SOILS
SORGHUM
SPRING
SUGARCANE
SUPPORT CROPS
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
TEMPERATURE
TEMPERATURE CHANGES
TEMPERATURE DATA
WATER MANAGEMENT
WEATHER
WHEAT
WORLD FOOD SUPPLY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/08/8044309/crop-selection-adapting-climage-change-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7506

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/08/8044309/crop-selection-adapting-climage-change-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7506

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