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 …

Previous Ricardian analyses of agriculture have either omitted irrigation or treated irrigation as though it is … modified Heckman model, is then estimated across 8,400 farmers in Africa. The analysis explicitly models irrigation but … separately in the Ricardian model, irrigation must be modeled endogenously. The results also indicate that African agriculture is …

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 …

This paper examines whether the choice of crops is affected by climate in Africa. Using a multinomial logit model, the …,000 farmers across 11 countries in Africa. The study finds that crop choice is very climate sensitive. For example, farmers select … sorghum and maize-millet in the cooler regions of Africa; maize-beans, maize-groundnut, and maize in moderately warm regions …

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 …

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 …

This paper uses the Ricardian approach to examine how farmers in 11 countries in Africa have adapted to existing …. Furthermore, it tackles the challenges involved in modeling the effect of climate on agriculture in a study that includes … countries in the northern and southern hemispheres, as well as the tropics. The study confirms that African agriculture is …

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 …

-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 …