Long-Term Adaptation : Selecting Farm Types across Agro-Ecological Zones in Africa

Long-Term Adaptation : Selecting Farm Types across Agro-Ecological Zones in Africa

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 va...

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Main Authors: Seo, Niggol, Mendelsohn, Robert, Dinar, Ariel, Kurukulasuriya, Pradeep, Hassan, Rashid
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
AGROCLIMATIC CONDITIONS
ARID ZONE
ATMOSPHERE
CATTLE
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGES
CLIMATE MODELS
CLIMATE VARIABLES
CLIMATIC CHANGE
CROP
CROP PRICES
CROPS
DESERTS
DRAINAGE
ECOLOGICAL ZONE
ECOLOGICAL ZONES
ECONOMIC IMPACTS
ELECTRICITY
EVAPOTRANSPIRATION
FAO
FARM
FARMER
FARMERS
FARMING
FARMS
FEEDING
FORESTRY
FORESTS
GENDER
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
GLOBAL WARMING
GRAIN
GRAINS
GREENHOUSE GAS
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
GROWING SEASON
HUMID ZONE
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
IPCC
IRRIGATION
LATIN AMERICAN
LIVESTOCK
LIVESTOCK DISEASES
LIVESTOCK FARMS
LIVESTOCK FEED
LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT
LIVESTOCK OPERATIONS
LIVESTOCK SPECIES
MAIZE
MILK
MILLET
NORTH AFRICA
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
PRECIPITATION
RAINFALL
RAINFED AGRICULTURE
RAINFED FARMING
SAHARA
SHEEP
SOIL
SOILS
SOUTH AMERICA
SOUTH AMERICAN
SPACING
SPRING
TEMPERATURE
TEMPERATURE DATA
WORLD FOOD SUPPLY
YIELDS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/04/9366565/long-term-adaptation-selecting-farm-types-across-agro-ecological-zones-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6767

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/04/9366565/long-term-adaptation-selecting-farm-types-across-agro-ecological-zones-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6767

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