Weather shocks, maize yields and adaptation in rural China

Ma Jiliang Jiliang and Jean-François Maystadt

No 104825642, Working Papers from Lancaster University Management School, Economics Department

Abstract: Based on panel household data collected between 2004 and 2010, we assess the impact of weather shocks on maize yields in the two main producing regions in China, the Northern spring maize zone and the Yellow-Huai Valley summer maize zone. Temperature, drought, wet conditions, and precipitations have detrimental effects on maize yields in the two maize zones. Nonetheless, the magnitude of those effects appears to be low compared to other parts of the world. Adaptation seems to be key in the region where the largest impact is estimated. On the contrary, the lower impact found in the other region, the Yellow-Huai Valley summer maize zone, is low but likely to intensify.

Keywords: Weather shocks; Adaptation; Maize yield; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I32 Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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