Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (1 online resource (30 p.))
Edition:
Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
Parallel Title:
Seo, S. Niggol A Ricardian Analysis of The Distribution of Climate Change Impacts On Agriculture Across Agro-Ecological Zones In Africa
Keywords:
Climate
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Climate Change
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Climate Change
;
Common Property Resource Development
;
Environment
;
Forestry
;
Global Environment
;
Global warming
;
Greenhouse gas
;
Greenhouse gas emissions
;
Greenhouse gases
;
IPCC
;
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
;
Rural Development
;
Soil
;
Climate
;
Climate Change
;
Climate Change
;
Common Property Resource Development
;
Environment
;
Forestry
;
Global Environment
;
Global warming
;
Greenhouse gas
;
Greenhouse gas emissions
;
Greenhouse gases
;
IPCC
;
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
;
Rural Development
;
Soil
;
Climate
;
Climate Change
;
Climate Change
;
Common Property Resource Development
;
Environment
;
Forestry
;
Global Environment
;
Global warming
;
Greenhouse gas
;
Greenhouse gas emissions
;
Greenhouse gases
;
IPCC
;
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
;
Rural Development
;
Soil
Abstract:
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 project. Net revenue per hectare of cropland is regressed on a set of climate, soil, and socio-economic variables using different econometric specifications "with" and "without" country fixed effects. Country fixed effects slightly reduce predicted future climate related damage to agriculture. With a mild climate scenario, African farmers gain income from climate change; with a more severe scenario, they lose income. Some locations are more affected than others. The analysis of agro-ecological zones implies that the effects of climate change will vary across Africa. For example, currently productive areas such as dry/moist savannah are more vulnerable to climate change while currently less productive agricultural zones such as humid forest or sub-humid zones become more productive in the future. The agro-ecological zone classification can help explain the variation of impacts across the landscape
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