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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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