The impact of climate change on agricultural net revenue: a case study in the Fouta Djallon, West Africa

Stephen A. Wood and Robert Mendelsohn

Environment and Development Economics, 2015, vol. 20, issue 1, 20-36

Abstract: Continental-scale economic analysis suggests that changes in climate conditions are associated with lower agricultural net revenue in sub-Saharan Africa. Specific locations, however, may not reflect this overall trend due to variation in baseline climate, soils, and socioeconomic factors that are difficult to model at large scales. The economic effect of changes in climate conditions on agricultural revenue in particular places in sub-Saharan Africa remains largely unknown. To test this effect, we study an area of West Africa with high climate variation over a small geographic area. We find that higher temperatures and precipitation lower agricultural revenues in the more important rainy season but increase revenues in the less important cool, dry season.

Date: 2015
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