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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
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