Seo, S. NiggolMendelsohn, RobertDinar, ArielHassan, RashidKurukulasuriya, Pradeep2012-05-312012-05-312008-04https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6762This 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.CC BY 3.0 IGOAGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIESAGRICULTURAL PRICESAGRICULTUREALTITUDEANIMAL HUSBANDRYARID AREASARID ZONEARID ZONESCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGESCLIMATE DYNAMICSCLIMATE MODELSCLIMATE SENSITIVITYCLIMATE VARIABLESCLIMATE ZONESCLIMATESCLIMATIC CHANGECLOUDSCOMMERCIAL FARMSCROP INCOMECROP VARIETIESCROPLANDDESERTSECOLOGICAL ZONESECONOMIC SURVEYSELECTRICITYEMISSIONEVAPOTRANSPIRATIONFARM HOUSEHOLDSFARM INCOMEFARM INCOMESFARMERFARMERSFOOD SECURITYFORESTFORESTRYFORESTSGLOBAL ENVIRONMENTGLOBAL WARMINGGREENHOUSE GASGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONSGREENHOUSE GASESHUMID ZONEHUMID ZONESHYDROLOGYHYDROMETEOROLOGYINTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGEIPCCIRRIGATIONLATIN AMERICANLIVESTOCK INCOMELIVESTOCK MANAGEMENTLIVESTOCK SECTORLIVESTOCK SPECIESNET INCOMEPASTUREPRECIPITATIONPUBLIC LANDRAINRAINFALLRUNOFFSAHARASATELLITESSOILSOILSSOUTH AMERICANSULFATESURFACE TEMPERATURETEMPERATURETEMPERATURE DATAWATER FOR IRRIGATIONWEATHERWELFARE MEASUREWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-4599