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Adaptation to climate change in Sub-Saharan agriculture: assessing the evidence and rethinking the drivers

Di Falco, Salvatore

In: European Review of Agricultural Economics, 2014, vol. 41, no. 3, p. 405-430

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    Titel
    • Adaptation to climate change in Sub-Saharan agriculture: assessing the evidence and rethinking the drivers
    Autor
    • Di Falco, Salvatore. University of Geneva, Geneva School of Economics and Management
    Dokumententyp
    • Postprint
    Sprache
    • Englisch
    Veröffentlicht in
    • European Review of Agricultural Economics, 2014, vol. 41, no. 3, p. 405-430. Oxford University Press
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    OAI-PMH-ID
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:292729
    Summary
    In this paper, after a review of the evolution of the literature on climate change economics in agriculture, I present some evidence of the impact of different moments of the distribution of rainfall on farmers risk aversion. It is found that while more rainfall is negatively associated with the probability of observing risk aversion, rainfall variability is positively correlated. This result highlights an important behavioural dimension of climatic factors