The Impact of Climate Change on African Agriculture : A Ricardian Approach

The Impact of Climate Change on African Agriculture : A Ricardian Approach

This paper uses the Ricardian approach to examine how farmers in 11 countries in Africa have adapted to existing climatic conditions. It then estimates the effects of predicted changes in climate while accounting for whatever farmer adaptation migh...

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Main Authors: Maddison, David, Manley, Marita, Kurukulasuriya, Pradeep
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
AGRICULTURAL LAND
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
AGRICULTURE
CARBON
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON EMISSIONS
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH
CLIMATE SENSITIVITY
CLIMATE VARIABLES
CLIMATES
CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
CLIMATIC ZONES
CO2
CROPS
DEVELOPING COUNTRY CONTEXT
DISEASES
DRAINAGE
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC IMPACT
ECONOMICS
ELECTRICITY
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL AMENITIES
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
EQUILIBRIUM
EQUIPMENT
EVAPORATION
FARMERS
FARMS
FERTILIZATION
FLOODING
FROST
GDP
GENDER
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITY
GLOBAL WARMING
HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE
HYDROMETEOROLOGY
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
IPCC
IRRIGATION
KYOTO PROTOCOL
LABOR INPUTS
LAND ECONOMICS
LAND TENURE
LAND VALUE
LIVESTOCK
PESTS
POPULATION GROWTH
POTENTIAL IMPACTS
PRECIPITATION
PRODUCTIVITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC GOODS
RAINFALL
RIVERS
RUNOFF
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SATELLITES
SCIENTISTS
SEA
SOIL
STREAMS
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
TEMPERATURE
TEMPERATURE CHANGE
TRANSPIRATION
WEATHER
WEATHER STATIONS
WILLINGNESS TO PAY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/08/8044187/impact-climate-change-african-agriculture-ricardian-approach
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7510

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/08/8044187/impact-climate-change-african-agriculture-ricardian-approach
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7510

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