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HOW CHINA’S FARMERS ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE?
Wang, Jinxia; Mendelsohn, Robert; Dinar, Ariel; Huang, Jikun - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
used to analyze irrigation choice and crop choice across 8,405 farmers in 28 provinces in China. We find that both … irrigation and crop choice decisions are climate sensitive. Chinese farmers are more likely to irrigate when facing lower … that adaptation is important, that the magnitude of changes depends on the climate scenario, and that the desired changes …
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Crop switching as a strategy for adapting to climate change
Kurukulasuriya, Pradeep; Mendelsohn, Robert - In: African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 02 (2008) 1
This paper examines the impact of climate change on primary crops grown in Africa. An innovative approach is presented that bridges the gap between agro-economic and traditional Ricardian models. We label it a ‘structural Ricardian model’. It first captures the type of crop a farmer...
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Animal husbandry in Africa: Climate change impacts and adaptations
Seo, S. Niggol; Mendelsohn, Robert - In: African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 02 (2008) 1
This paper uses a cross-sectional approach to analyze the impacts of climate change on animal husbandry and the way farmers adapt. The study is based on surveys of almost 5000 livestock farmers across ten countries in Africa. A traditional Ricardian regression finds that the livestock net...
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