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Zambia
Kanyanga, Joseph; Thomas, Timothy S.; Hachigonta, Sepo; … - In: Southern African agriculture and climate change: A …
Agriculture in Africa south of the Sahara is becoming increasingly risky due to extreme climate variability. In recent times, scientific studies have strongly suggested that many developing countries face substantial environmental and social challenges, with food insecurity high on the list...
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Mozambique
Maure, Genito A.; Thomas, Timothy S.; Hachigonta, Sepo; … - In: Southern African agriculture and climate change: A …
Africa, in general, is vulnerable to climate change, mostly due to its dependence on agriculture. Mozambique is a prime example. Agriculture is an important sector of the country’s economy, and, as indicated by the 2007 FAO country factsheet, around 80 percent of the population (about...
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Botswana
Zhou, Peter P.; Simbini, Tichakunda; Ramokgotlwane, Gorata - In: Southern African agriculture and climate change: A …
In this chapter we assess the vulnerability of Botswana’s agriculture to climate change, with special emphasis on impacts on the poor. The agriculture sector is inherently vulnerable to climate change, and Botswana’s semiarid climate already severely limits agricultural production....
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Methodology
Nelson, Gerald C.; Palazzo, Amanda; … - In: Southern African agriculture and climate change: A …
Modeling the impacts of climate change presents a complex challenge arising from the wide-ranging processes underlying the working of markets, ecosystems, and human behavior. The analytical framework used in this monograph integrates modeling components that range from the macro to the micro to...
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Footprint of agriculture
Auricht, Christopher; Dixon, John; Boffa, Jean-Marc; … - In: Atlas of African agriculture research and development: …
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Irrigation development in Ghana: Past experiences, emerging opportunities, and future directions
Namara, Regassa E.; Horowitz, Leah; Nyamadi, Ben; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
farmers. Under these conditions, irrigation development offers the promise of greater food security and the rural …
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Southern African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
Hachigonta, Sepo (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Southern African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing eight of the countries that make up southern Africa — Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe — and explores how climate...
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Adapting to Monsoon Variability in India: the Case for Irrigation
Zaveri, Esha; Fisher-Vanden, Karen; Wrenn, Douglas H.; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014
How will future changes in precipitation affect irrigation demand and supply in India? This paper provides econometric … evidence for the demand side of the analysis by examining the relationship between monsoon changes and irrigation variability … precipitation on irrigation demand via the use of irrigated area for crops grown in the dry(Rabi) and wet(Kharif) seasons. We find …
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Evaluation of drought management in irrigated areas
Iglesias, Eva; Garrido, Alberto; Gomez-Ramos, Almudena - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 29 (2003) 2
This paper focuses on the economic consequences of droughts for the irrigation sector. We develop a dynamic … future water availability. The model is calibrated to 12 representative farms belonging to three irrigation communities of …
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Water conveyance, return flows and technology choice
Umetsu, Chieko; Chakravorty, Ujjayant - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 19 (1998) 1-2
This paper develops a spatial conjunctive use model of an irrigation project in which the regulatory agency determines … investments in the centralized distribution system and farmers decide the level of on-farm technology in the field. Irrigation …
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