How do African Farm Households Adapt to Climate Change? A Structural Analysis from Malawi

Juan Sesmero (), Jacob E. Ricker-Gilbert and Aaron M. Cook

No 212688, 2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy from International Association of Agricultural Economists

Abstract: Using three waves of national representative household level panel data from Malawi, we examine two forms of adaptation to climate change: 1) adopting improved maize varieties and 2) adjusting input quantities and income sources. Our results indicate that climate change induces both forms of adaptation, though only the second appears relevant in determining climate change impacts on net revenue. Adverse trends in climate variables (increased temperature and rainfall variability, and reduced growing season rainfall) increase farmers’ reliance on income from subsistence maize production. Assets enhance a household’s capacity for adaptation to climate change by reducing reliance on maize-income.

Keywords: Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; International Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 46
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.212688

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