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Could free trade alleviate effects of climate change? A worldwide analysis with emphasis on Morocco and Turkey
Ouraich, Ismail; Dudu, Hasan; Tyner, Wallace E.; … - 2014
productivity shocks on agriculture. Our findings suggest that the world as a whole benefits the more trade is liberalized. For … productivity impacts in agriculture. The exceptions are countries/regions which are projected to benefit from climate change. For …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010420586
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Land acquisition for industrialization and compensation of displaced farmers
Ghatak, Maitreesh; Mookherjee, Dilip - 2011
This paper addresses the question of how farmers displaced by acquisition of agricultural land for the purpose of industrialization ought to be compensated. Prior to acquisition, the farmers are leasing in land from a landlord, either a private owner or a local government. There are three sets...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280066
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Agro-processing, value chains, and regional integration in Southern Africa
Black, Anthony H.; Edwards, Lawrence; Gorven, Ruth; … - 2020
Regional integration in Africa is underway but ongoing progress requires that the gains are widely spread. South Africa's huge regional trade surplus in manufactured goods is already leading to protectionist pressures in neighbouring countries. Agro-processing is a large sector, which is widely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012424023
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Legal empowerment of the poor through property rights reform: Tensions and trade-offs of land registration and titling in sub-Saharan Africa
Boone, Catherine - 2017
Land registration and titling in Africa has been seen as a means of legal empowerment of the poor that can protect smallholders' and pastoralists' rights of access to land and other land-based resources. Land registration is also on the ethnojustice agenda in parts of Africa and beyond. Yet...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011654031
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The effects of land titling in Tanzania
Aikaeli, Jehovaness; Markussen, Thomas - 2017
We use household survey data to investigate the effects of formal, private property rights to agricultural land on agricultural investment, land valuation and access to credit in Tanzania. Results show that while there are no detectable effects of formal, private land property rights (written...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011943771
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Climate shocks, agriculture, and migration in Nepal: Disentangling the interdependencies
Arslan, Aslihan; Egger, Eva-Maria; Mane, Erdgin; … - 2021
an ex-ante measure. In this paper, we disentangle the direct effect of weather shocks on income from agriculture from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012705329
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Weathering shocks: The effects of weather shocks on farm input use in sub-Saharan Africa
Nsabimana, Aimable - 2022
There has been much discussion on climate change and its adverse effects on agriculture, including excessive loss of … food production. In regions such as sub-Saharan Africa, where agriculture is the major source of household livelihoods … rich Living Standards Measurement Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture dataset, I find that the intensity of chemical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013364558
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Morocco's unique situation in the climate change arena: An analysis of climate forecasts and their link to agriculture
Ouraich, Ismail; Tyner, Wallace E. - 2014
Alterations in rainfall patterns and increasing temperatures due to climate change will most likely translate into yield reductions in desirable crops. In this particular context, the object of this paper is to lay down findings and results for projected yield impacts in Morocco using a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010420613
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Trends and patterns of land use change and international aid in sub-Saharan Africa
Nkonya, Ephraim; Koo, Jawoo; Kato, Edward; Guo, Zhe - 2013
The sub-Saharan Africa region recorded the fastest conversion of forest land to agriculture in the past 20 years. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333675
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The impact of the 2007-08 food price crisis in a major commodity exporter: Food prices, inflation, and inclusion in Brazil
Mueller, Bernardo; Mueller, Charles - 2012
This paper argues that the effects of the food price crisis of 2007-08 put pressure on two variables that are of central importance to the Brazilian government: inflation and social inclusion. We describe how political institutions in Brazil in the past 25 years have given rise to a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319912