An Analysis of Crop Choice : Adapting to Climate Change in Latin American Farms

An Analysis of Crop Choice : Adapting to Climate Change in Latin American Farms

The authors explore how Latin American farmers adapt to climate by changing crops. They develop a multinomial choice model of farmer's choice of crops. Estimating the model across over 2,000 farmers in seven countries, they find that both temp...

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Main Authors: Seo, Niggol, Mendelsohn, Robert
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
AGRICULTURE
CARBON
CHOICE OF CROPS
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE DYNAMICS
CLIMATE SYSTEM
CLIMATE VARIATION
CLIMATE ZONES
CLIMATIC CHANGE
CROP
CROP PRICES
CROP SELECTION
CROP VARIETIES
CROPS
ECONOMIC IMPACTS
ECONOMIC SURVEYS
FAO
FARM
FARM FAMILIES
FARMER
FARMERS
FARMS
FERTILIZATION
FORESTRY
FRUITS
GLOBAL WARMING
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
IPCC
LATIN AMERICAN
MAIZE
POTATOES
PRECIPITATION
RAINFALL
RICE
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SATELLITES
SINGLE CROP
SOIL
SOIL TYPES
SOILS
SOUTH AMERICA
SOYBEAN
SOYBEANS
SULFATE
TEMPERATURE
TROPICAL ZONES
VEGETABLES
WEATHER
WHEAT
WHEAT PRICES
YIELDS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/03/7437379/analysis-crop-choice-adapting-climate-change-latin-american-farms
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7199

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/03/7437379/analysis-crop-choice-adapting-climate-change-latin-american-farms
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7199

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