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Africa and where it is located is provided. Using current conditions, the model calculates baseline values of cropland and … identifies the aggregate impacts, but also indicates where the impacts occur across Africa. The central region of Africa is hurt …
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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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-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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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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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 …-ecological zones implies that the effects of climate change will vary across Africa. For example, currently productive areas such as …
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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 …
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This paper uses the Ricardian approach to examine how farmers in 11 countries in Africa have adapted to existing … Africa are hardly affected at all, suffering productivity losses of only 1.3 percent and 3 percent, respectively. The study …
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,000 farmers in 11 countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Niger, Senegal, South Africa, Zambia, and …This study examines the impact of climate change on cropland in Africa. It is based on a survey of more than 9 … located in relatively cool parts of Africa. The study also examined some simple climate scenarios to see how Africa would …
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modified Heckman model, is then estimated across 8,400 farmers in Africa. The analysis explicitly models irrigation but … sensitive to climate change. Many farmers in Africa will experience net revenue losses from warming. Irrigated farms, on the … temperatures provided there is sufficient water available. This will be an effective remedy in select regions of Africa with water …
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