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This study examines the impact of climate change on cropland in Africa, using a Ricardian cross-sectional approach … variables. The study confirms that current climate affects the net revenues of farms across Africa. Applying these results to …
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This paper examines the impact of climate change on primary crops grown in Africa. An innovative approach is presented … model is estimated using a sample of over 5000 farmers across 11 countries in Africa. The analysis finds that farmers shift …
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indicate that livestock ownership will increase slightly across all of Africa, but especially in West Africa and high elevation …
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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 …-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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