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How China's Farmers Adapt to Climate Change

This paper uses a cross sectional method to analyze irrigation choice and crop choice across 8,405 farmers in 28 provinces in China. The findings show that Chinese farmers are more likely to irrigate when facing lower temperatures and less precipit...

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Main Authors:	Wang, Jinxia, Mendelsohn, Robert, Dinar, Ariel, Huang, Jikun
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO MARKETS AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM ANIMAL HUSBANDRY CLAY SOILS CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION CLIMATE CHANGES CLIMATE IMPACTS CLIMATE MODELS CLIMATE SENSITIVITY CLIMATE VARIABLES CLIMATES COTTON CROP CROP VARIETIES CROPLAND CROPPING CROPPING PATTERNS CULTIVATED LAND EMISSIONS FAO FARM FARMER FARMERS FARMS FERTILIZER FOOD PRODUCTION FORESTRY GLOBAL WARMING HOUSEHOLD INCOME INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE IPCC IRRIGATED LAND IRRIGATION LAND SIZE LIVESTOCK SPECIES LOAM SOILS MAIZE NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL SCIENCES NEW CROP VARIETIES OIL CROPS POTATOES PRECIPITATION PRIVATE PROPERTY RAINFALL RAINFED AGRICULTURE RAINFED FARMING RICE RIVER RIVER BASIN SOIL SOIL TYPES SOILS SOYBEAN SOYBEANS SPRING SUGAR TEMPERATURE TILLAGE VEGETABLES VILLAGE LEVEL WATER AVAILABILITY WATER SUPPLIES WHEAT WORLD FOOD SUPPLY YIELDS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/9962762/chinas-farmers-adapt-climate-change http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6915

How China's Farmers Adapt to Climate Change

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