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The consequences of climate change for agriculture and food security in developing countries are of serious concern …. Due to their reliance on rain-fed agriculture, both as a source of income and consumption, many low-income countries are …
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The consequences of climate change for agriculture and food security in developing countries are of serious concern …. Due to their reliance on rain-fed agriculture both as a source of income and consumption, many low-income countries are …. -- climate change ; agriculture ; food security ; crop model ; CGE model ; Tanzania …
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Several studies addressing the supply and demand for food in China suggest that the nation can largely meet its needs in the coming decades. However, these studies do not consider the effects of climate change. This paper examines whether near future expected changes in climate are likely to...
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Many low income countries in Africa are optimistic that producing biofuels domestically will not only reduce their … needed. -- biofuels ; economic development ; food security ; poverty ; Africa …
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policy instruments needed to tap mitigation opportunities in agriculture is incomplete. In particular, market …. This is especially important for many countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia where once-productive land has been … mitigation efforts worldwide. Even so, a review of projects suggests that few countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia take …
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increase Africa-wide with the very hot and dry climate scenario, except in the lowland semi-arid agro-ecological zone. Millet … scenarios. Wheat would decrease across Africa. The authors recommend that care must be taken to match adaptations to local …
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Prioritizing public investments requires information on relative returns that are difficult to derive from disparate evaluation studies. This paper presents a 'hybrid' approach that combines ex post evaluation data with an economy-wide model for experimenting ex ante with alternative investment...
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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 … future climate related damage to agriculture. With a mild climate scenario, African farmers gain income from climate change …
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-ecological zone in Africa. The authors examine how climate has affected the farmer's choice to raise livestock or not and the choice … models and the estimated model. With a hot dry scenario, livestock ownership will increase slightly across all of Africa, but … especially in West Africa and high elevation agro-ecological zones. Dairy cattle will decrease in semi-arid regions, sheep will …
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Using economic data from more than 8,500 household surveys across 10 African countries, this paper examines whether the choice of farm type depends on the climate and agro-ecological zone of each farm. The paper also studies how farm type choice varies across farmers in each zone, using a...
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