Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Cereal Production: Implications for Sustainable Agriculture in Northern Ghana

Anslem Bawayelaazaa Nyuor, Emmanuel Donkor, Robert Aidoo (), Samuel Saaka Buah, Jesse B. Naab, Stephen K. Nutsugah, Jules Bayala and Robert Zougmoré
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Anslem Bawayelaazaa Nyuor: CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI), P.O. Box TL 52, Tamale, Ghana
Samuel Saaka Buah: CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI), P.O. Box TL 52, Tamale, Ghana
Jesse B. Naab: CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI), P.O. Box TL 52, Tamale, Ghana
Stephen K. Nutsugah: CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI), P.O. Box TL 52, Tamale, Ghana
Jules Bayala: ICRAF-WCA Sahel Node, BP E5118 Bamako, Mali
Robert Zougmoré: CCAFS-West Africa Program, ICRISAT WCA-Mali, BP 320 Bamako, Mali

Sustainability, 2016, vol. 8, issue 8, 1-17

Abstract: This paper investigates the economic impacts of climate change on cereal crop production in Northern Ghana using 240 households comprising maize and sorghum farmers. The Ricardian regression approach was used to examine the economic impacts of climate change based on data generated from a survey conducted in the 2013/2014 farming seasons. Forty-year time-series data of rainfall and temperature from 1974 to 2013, together with cross-sectional data, were used for the empirical analysis. The Ricardian regression estimates for both maize and sorghum showed varying degrees of climate change impacts on net revenues. The results indicated that early season precipitation was beneficial for sorghum, but harmful for maize. However, mid-season precipitation tended to promote maize production. Temperature levels for all seasons impacted negatively on net revenue for both crops, except during the mid-season, when temperature exerted a positive effect on net revenue for sorghum. Our findings suggest that appropriate adaptation strategies should be promoted to reduce the negative impacts of prevailing climate change on cereal crop production.

Keywords: economic impact; climate change; cereal; Ricardian approach; sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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