Climate Change Adaptation: The case of the Coffee Sector in Nicaragua

Victor Zuluaga, Ricardo Labarta and Peter Läderach

No 205875, 2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 26-28, San Francisco, California from Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

Abstract: This article studies Nicaraguan coffee growers’ perceptions on long term changes in climate, the adaptation strategies implemented and its determinants. Using a household level sample, this study estimates probabilistic models where climate change adaptation is explained by household and farm characteristics, perceptions about changes in climate, measurement of exposure to climate change and geographical fixed effects. Results suggest that household age and years of education, number of household members, level of wealth, having received technical assistance, participation in farmer groups, off farm work, perceptions about changes in climate and exposure to climate change, affect the coffee growers’ decision to adapt to climate change. However, the magnitude and significance of the effect of these explanatory variables varies across adaptation strategies.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Production Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.205875

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