Gestion du risque climatique: les déterminants des stratégies d’adaptation des agriculteurs en Afrique Subsaharienne

Louise-Ella Desquith and Olivier Renault

No 2021-17, EconomiX Working Papers from University of Paris Nanterre, EconomiX

Abstract: AbstractThis article is a review of the literature on the determinants of farmers’ adaptation choice in sub-Saharan Africa. A set of studies has highlighted the existence of inequalities in adaptation at local level that suggests paying more attention to its micro determinants. Maddison (2007) emphasizes the importance of the perception of agricultural change in the adaptation process. Paradoxically, a recent literature shows that farmers have a good perception of climate change but do not really engage in adaptation strategies even when financial or institutional resources are not binding. This paradox suggests that beliefs, prone to develop in uncertain contexts, play an important role in the choice of adaptation. The specificity of the sub-Saharan households’ beliefs must be considered in policies aimed at developing adaptation.

Keywords: Climate change; Adaptation; Vulnerability; perceptions; beliefs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D81 D83 Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 2021
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-agr and nep-env
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.economix.fr/pdf/dt/2021/WP_EcoX_2021-17.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:drm:wpaper:2021-17

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in EconomiX Working Papers from University of Paris Nanterre, EconomiX Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Valerie Mignon ( this e-mail address is bad, please contact ).