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How Will Climate Change Shift Agro-Ecological Zones and Impact African Agriculture?

The study develops a new method to measure the impacts of climate change on agriculture called the Agro-Ecological Zone (AEZ) Model. A multinomial logit is estimated to predict the probability of each AEZ in each district. The average percentage of...

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Main Authors: Kurukulasuriya, Pradeep, Mendelsohn, Robert
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AGRICULTURAL LAND
AGRICULTURAL LAND USE
AGRICULTURE
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGES
CLIMATE DYNAMICS
CLIMATE IMPACTS
CLIMATE VARIABLES
CROP
CROP PRODUCTION
CROPLAND
CROPLANDS
CROPPING
CROPPING PATTERNS
CROPS
DESERTS
DRAINAGE
ECOLOGICAL ZONE
ECOLOGICAL ZONES
ECOSYSTEMS
EMISSIONS
EQUILIBRIUM
FAO
FARM
FARMER
FARMERS
FARMING
FARMS
FOOD PRODUCTION
FOREST
FORESTRY
FORESTS
GCM
GLOBAL POPULATION
GRAINS
GREENHOUSE GAS
GREENHOUSE GASES
GROWING SEASON
GROWING SEASONS
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
IPCC
LAND COVER
LAND DEGRADATION
LAND TENURE
LAND USE
LAND USE SYSTEMS
METEOROLOGY
NORTH AFRICA
PARTNERSHIP
PRECIPITATION
PRODUCE
RAINFALL
RAINFED AGRICULTURE
RAINFED FARMING
SAHARA
SATELLITES
SNOW
SNOW COVER
SOIL
SOILS
SPACING
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
TEMPERATURE
TEMPERATURE CHANGES
TEMPERATURE DATA
UNEP
WATER RESOURCES
WEATHER
WEATHER STATIONS
WOOD
WORLD FOOD SUPPLY
YIELDS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/09/9841788/climate-change-shift-agro-ecological-zones-impact-african-agriculture
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6994

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