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A Ricardian Analysis of the Distribution of Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture across Agro-Ecological Zones in Africa
dc.contributor.author | Seo, S. Niggol | |
dc.contributor.author | Mendelsohn, Robert | |
dc.contributor.author | Dinar, Ariel | |
dc.contributor.author | Hassan, Rashid | |
dc.contributor.author | Kurukulasuriya, Pradeep | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-05-31T18:09:33Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-05-31T18:09:33Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008-04 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper examines the distribution of climate change impacts across the 16 agro-ecological zones in Africa using data from the Food and Agriculture Organization combined with economic survey data from a Global Environment Facility/World Bank project. Net revenue per hectare of cropland is regressed on a set of climate, soil, and socio-economic variables using different econometric specifications "with" and "without" country fixed effects. Country fixed effects slightly reduce predicted future climate related damage to agriculture. With a mild climate scenario, African farmers gain income from climate change; with a more severe scenario, they lose income. Some locations are more affected than others. The analysis of agro-ecological zones implies that the effects of climate change will vary 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 zones become more productive in the future. The agro-ecological zone classification can help explain the variation of impacts across the landscape. | en |
dc.identifier | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/04/9365569/ricardian-analysis-distribution-climate-change-impacts-agriculture-across-agro-ecological-zones-africa | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6762 | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.publisher | World Bank, Washington, DC | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Policy Research Working Paper No. 4599 | |
dc.rights | CC BY 3.0 IGO | |
dc.rights.holder | World Bank | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ | |
dc.subject | AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES | |
dc.subject | AGRICULTURAL PRICES | |
dc.subject | AGRICULTURE | |
dc.subject | ALTITUDE | |
dc.subject | ANIMAL HUSBANDRY | |
dc.subject | ARID AREAS | |
dc.subject | ARID ZONE | |
dc.subject | ARID ZONES | |
dc.subject | CLIMATE | |
dc.subject | CLIMATE CHANGE | |
dc.subject | CLIMATE CHANGES | |
dc.subject | CLIMATE DYNAMICS | |
dc.subject | CLIMATE MODELS | |
dc.subject | CLIMATE SENSITIVITY | |
dc.subject | CLIMATE VARIABLES | |
dc.subject | CLIMATE ZONES | |
dc.subject | CLIMATES | |
dc.subject | CLIMATIC CHANGE | |
dc.subject | CLOUDS | |
dc.subject | COMMERCIAL FARMS | |
dc.subject | CROP INCOME | |
dc.subject | CROP VARIETIES | |
dc.subject | CROPLAND | |
dc.subject | DESERTS | |
dc.subject | ECOLOGICAL ZONES | |
dc.subject | ECONOMIC SURVEYS | |
dc.subject | ELECTRICITY | |
dc.subject | EMISSION | |
dc.subject | EVAPOTRANSPIRATION | |
dc.subject | FARM HOUSEHOLDS | |
dc.subject | FARM INCOME | |
dc.subject | FARM INCOMES | |
dc.subject | FARMER | |
dc.subject | FARMERS | |
dc.subject | FOOD SECURITY | |
dc.subject | FOREST | |
dc.subject | FORESTRY | |
dc.subject | FORESTS | |
dc.subject | GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT | |
dc.subject | GLOBAL WARMING | |
dc.subject | GREENHOUSE GAS | |
dc.subject | GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS | |
dc.subject | GREENHOUSE GASES | |
dc.subject | HUMID ZONE | |
dc.subject | HUMID ZONES | |
dc.subject | HYDROLOGY | |
dc.subject | HYDROMETEOROLOGY | |
dc.subject | INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE | |
dc.subject | IPCC | |
dc.subject | IRRIGATION | |
dc.subject | LATIN AMERICAN | |
dc.subject | LIVESTOCK INCOME | |
dc.subject | LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT | |
dc.subject | LIVESTOCK SECTOR | |
dc.subject | LIVESTOCK SPECIES | |
dc.subject | NET INCOME | |
dc.subject | PASTURE | |
dc.subject | PRECIPITATION | |
dc.subject | PUBLIC LAND | |
dc.subject | RAIN | |
dc.subject | RAINFALL | |
dc.subject | RUNOFF | |
dc.subject | SAHARA | |
dc.subject | SATELLITES | |
dc.subject | SOIL | |
dc.subject | SOILS | |
dc.subject | SOUTH AMERICAN | |
dc.subject | SULFATE | |
dc.subject | SURFACE TEMPERATURE | |
dc.subject | TEMPERATURE | |
dc.subject | TEMPERATURE DATA | |
dc.subject | WATER FOR IRRIGATION | |
dc.subject | WEATHER | |
dc.subject | WELFARE MEASURE | |
dc.title | A Ricardian Analysis of the Distribution of Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture across Agro-Ecological Zones in Africa | en |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
okr.doctype | Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper | |
okr.doctype | Publications & Research | |
okr.docurl | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/04/9365569/ricardian-analysis-distribution-climate-change-impacts-agriculture-across-agro-ecological-zones-africa | |
okr.globalpractice | Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience | |
okr.globalpractice | Transport and ICT | |
okr.globalpractice | Poverty | |
okr.globalpractice | Environment and Natural Resources | |
okr.identifier.doi | 10.1596/1813-9450-4599 | |
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum | 000158349_20080417102703 | |
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum | 9365569 | |
okr.identifier.report | WPS4599 | |
okr.language.supported | en | |
okr.pdfurl | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2008/04/17/000158349_20080417102703/Rendered/PDF/wps4599.pdf | en |
okr.region.geographical | Africa | |
okr.topic | Rural Development :: Common Property Resource Development | |
okr.topic | Environment :: Global Environment Facility | |
okr.topic | Transport and Environment | |
okr.topic | Poverty Reduction :: Rural Poverty Reduction | |
okr.topic | Climate Change | |
okr.topic | Transport | |
okr.unit | Development Research Group (DECRG) | |
okr.volume | 1 of 1 | |
relation.isSeriesOfPublication | 26e071dc-b0bf-409c-b982-df2970295c87 |
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