Hassan, R.M. (2010) Implications of Climate Change for Agricultural Sector Performance in Africa: Policy Challenges and Research Agenda. Journal of African Economies, 19 (2). ii77-ii105.
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The paper analysed how climate change (CC) has shaped African agriculture in the past and how it might impact on African farm economies in the future and what adaptation strategies African farmers have adopted to cope with these changes. The analyses covered all key farming systems and agro-climates of Africa in 11 countries in which data were collected from over 10,000 farm household surveys. Results provided evidence that African agriculture and the welfare of its rural population are vulnerable to CC. The highest risk of future CC damages is associated with specialised crop and livestock farming (mono systems) particularly under dryland conditions in arid and semi-arid regions. This indicates how difficult it is to achieve an African green revolution under the current high reliance on dryland systems (more than 95% of the land) given predicted harsh future climates (warmer and dryer projections) for most of the dryland areas in Africa....
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Climate change, African farm economies, Farming systems and agro-climates, Rural population |
| Author Affiliation: | Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy Analysis in Africa (CEEPA), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa |
| Subjects: | Atmosperic Science > Climatology |
| Divisions: | General |
| Depositing User: | Mr B Krishnamurthy |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Nov 2016 03:55 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Nov 2016 03:55 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jae/ejp026 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/14494 |
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