The Impacts of Global Warming on Farmers in Brazil and India
By A. Sanghi, R. Mendelsohn. 2008
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How big a threat is global warming to climate-sensitive and economically important sectors such as agriculture in developing countries? How well will farmers be able to adapt to the threats of global warming? This paper attempts to shed light on these two important questions. A cross-sectional analysis is employed to estimate the climate sensitivity of agriculture in Brazil and India. Using panel data from both countries, the study measures how net farm income or property values vary with climate, and consequently, how farmers in India and Brazil react and adapt to climate. The estimated relationships are then used to predict the consequence of alternative climate scenarios. Global warming by the end of the next century could cause annual damages in Brazil between 1% and 39% and between 4% and 26% in India, although some of this effect may be potentially offset by carbon fertilization. These estimates do not factor into account climate-induced extreme weather events.
Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Economics and Econometrics, Soil Science
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- Exploring the relationship between climate change and rice yield in Bangladesh: An analysis of time series data (2012, background): “…change on agricultural production in developing countries (Lansigan et al., 2000; Chang, 2002; Gbetibouo and Hassan, 2005; Kurukulasuriya and Ajwad, 2007; Kabubo-Mariara and Karanja, 2007; Haim et al., 2008; Sanghi and Mendelsohn, 2008; Deressa and Hassan, 2009; Moula, 2009; Wang et al., 2009).”
- A critical review of impact of and adaptation to climate change in developed and developing economies (2011, background): “But unfortunately, rural communities of most of the countries in South Asia and African nations are either ignorant about the alternative strategies or are starved of this basic support system which makes them highly susceptible to environmental change.”