This study investigates the impact of climate change adaptation on farm households’ downside risk exposure in the Nile … characteristics of farmers and their farm. We find that (i) past adaptation to climate change adaptation reduces current downside risk … exposure, and so the risk of crop failure; (ii) climate change adaptation would have been more beneficial to the non …

This study investigates the impact of climate change adaptation on farm households’ downside risk exposure (e.g., risk … adaptation reduces downside risk exposure, i.e., farm households that implemented climate change adaptation strategies get … terms of reduction in downside risk exposure from adaptation; and (iii) there are significant differences in downside risk …

-environmental programs, which calls for more targeted measures to increase efficiency and adaptation potential. …

been at the heart of recent discussions on adaptation strategies in the agricultural sector. While there are a variety of …-making if ensuring food security is an explicit objective. Also, it will be important to establish, which options for adaptation …

) identifying crop production portfolios for adaptation, and (iii) analyzing the effect of agricultural policies and risk aversion …

, utility and on adaptation responses in crop production in Western Switzerland. To this end, a bio-economic model is used that … on the farm-level, which enables us to integrate a much wider set of potential adaptation responses in our analysis. The …