RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 How Can African Agriculture Adapt to Climate Change? A Counterfactual Analysis from Ethiopia
JF Land Economics
JO Land Econ
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 743
OP 766
DO 10.3368/le.89.4.743
VO 89
IS 4
A1 Salvatore Di Falco
A1 Marcella Veronesi
YR 2013
UL http://le.uwpress.org/content/89/4/743.abstract
AB We analyze the impact of different adaptation strategies on crop net revenues in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia. We estimate a multinomial endogenous switching regression model of climate change adaptation and crop net revenues and implement a counterfactual analysis. Households data are combined with spatial climate data. We find that adaptation to climate change based upon a portfolio of strategies significantly increases farm net revenues. Changing crop varieties has a positive and significant impact on net revenues when coupled with water conservation strategies or soil conservation strategies, but not when implemented in isolation. (JEL Q54, Q56)