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A Ricardian Analysis of the Distribution of Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture across Agro-ecological Zones in Africa

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dc.contributor.authorSeo, S. Niggol
dc.contributor.authorMendelsohn, Robert
dc.contributor.authorDinar, Ariel
dc.contributor.authorHassan, Rashid
dc.contributor.authorKurukulasuriya, Pradeep
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-30T07:30:27Z
dc.date.available2012-03-30T07:30:27Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the distribution of climate change impacts across the sixteen Agro-Ecological Zones (AEZs) of Africa. We combine net revenue from livestock and crops and regress total net revenue on a set of climate, soil, and socio-economic variables with and without country fixed effects. Although African crop net revenue is very sensitive to climate change, combined livestock and crop net revenue is more climate resilient. With the hot and dry CCC climate scenario, average damage estimates reach 27% by 2100, but with the mild and wet PCM scenario, African farmers will benefit. The analysis of AEZs implies that the effects of climate change will be quite different across Africa. For example, currently productive areas such as dry/moist savannah are more vulnerable to climate change while currently less productive agricultural zones such as humid forest or sub-humid AEZs become more productive in the future.en
dc.identifier.citationEnvironmental and Resource Economics
dc.identifier.issn09246460
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/4934
dc.language.isoEN
dc.relation.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.subjectEconomic Development: Agriculture
dc.subjectNatural Resources
dc.subjectEnergy
dc.subjectEnvironment
dc.subjectOther Primary Products O130
dc.subjectAgriculture: Aggregate Supply and Demand Analysis
dc.subjectPrices Q110
dc.subjectClimate
dc.subjectNatural Disasters
dc.subjectGlobal Warming Q540
dc.titleA Ricardian Analysis of the Distribution of Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture across Agro-ecological Zones in Africaen
dc.title.alternativeEnvironmental and Resource Economicsen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.typeArticle de journalfr
dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.doctypeJournal Article
okr.externalcontentExternal Content
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum1554
okr.journal.nbpages313-332
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.geographicalAfrica
okr.relation.associatedurlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10640-009-9270-z
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okr.relation.associatedurlhttp://springerlink.metapress.com/link.asp?id=100263
okr.volume43
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