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Climate Change and Agriculture - An Economic Analysis of Global Impacts, Adaptation and Distributional Effects (Hardcover)
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Climate Change and Agriculture - An Economic Analysis of Global Impacts, Adaptation and Distributional Effects (Hardcover)
Series: New Horizons in Environmental Economics series
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Despite its great importance, there are surprisingly few economic
studies of the impact of climate on agriculture and how agriculture
can adapt under a variety of conditions. This book examines 22
countries across four continents, including both developed and
developing economies. It provides both a good analytical basis for
additional work and solid results for policy debate concerning
income distributional effects such as abatement, adaptation, and
equity. Agriculture and grazing are a central sector in the
livelihood of many people, particularly in developing countries.
This book uses the Ricardian method to examine the impact of
climate change on agriculture. It also quantifies how farmers adapt
to climate. The findings suggest that agriculture in developing
countries is more sensitive to climate than agriculture in
developed countries. Rain-fed cropland is generally more sensitive
to warming than irrigated cropland and cropland is more sensitive
than livestock. The adaptation to climate change results reveal
that farmers make many adjustments including switching crops and
livestock species, adopting irrigation, and moving between
livestock and crops. The results also reveal that impacts and
adaptations vary a great deal across landscapes, suggesting that
adaptation policies must be location specific. Finally, the book
suggests a research agenda for the future. Economists in academia
and the public sector, policy analysts and development agencies
will find this broad study illuminating.
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