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Climate Change Adaptation in Africa : A Microeconomic Analysis of Livestock Choice

This paper uses quantitative methods to examine the way African farmers have adapted livestock management to the range of climates found across the African continent. The authors use logit analysis to estimate whether farmers adopt livestock. They...

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Main Authors: Seo, Sungno Niggol, Mendelsohn, Robert
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AFRICAN SAVANNAS
ANIMAL
ANIMAL DISEASES
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
ANIMALS
ANNUAL RAINFALL
ASSESSMENT REPORT
BEEF
BEEF CATTLE
BEES
BREEDING
BULLS
BUTTER
CAMELS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CATTLE SHEEP
CHEESE
CHICKEN
CHICKENS
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
CLIMATE CHANGES
CLIMATE MODELS
CLIMATE SYSTEM
CLIMATE VARIABILITY
CLIMATE VARIABLES
CLIMATE VARIATION
CLIMATE WARMING
CLIMATIC CHANGE
DAIRY
DAIRY CATTLE
DETERMINANTS
DISTRICT LEVEL
DROUGHT
DUCKS
ECOSYSTEM
ECOSYSTEMS
EGGS
ELECTRICITY
EMISSIONS
FARM
FARMER
FARMS
FERTILIZATION
FORAGE
FOREST
FORESTS
FOWL
GDP
GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL
GLOBAL WARMING
GOAT
GOATS
GRASSLANDS
GREENHOUSE GAS
HORSES
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
IPCC
IRRIGATION
ISSUES
LAND USE
LEATHER
LIVESTOCK
LIVESTOCK FARMER
LIVESTOCK FARMERS
LIVESTOCK INCOME
LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT
LIVESTOCK OWNERS
LIVESTOCK OWNERSHIP
LIVESTOCK PRODUCT
LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION
LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS
MANURE
MILK
PASTURE
PIGS
POPULATION DENSITIES
POPULATION DENSITY
PRECIPITATION
SATELLITE DATA
SAVANNA
SHEEP
SOIL
SOILS
SPECIALIZATION
SPECIES
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TEMPERATURE
TEMPERATURE CHANGE
WOOL
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/07/7870687/climate-change-adaptation-africa-microeconomic-analysis-livestock-choice
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7462

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