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Africa, in general, is vulnerable to climate change, mostly due to its dependence on agriculture. Mozambique is a prime example. Agriculture is an important sector of the country’s economy, and, as indicated by the 2007 FAO country factsheet, around 80 percent of the population (about...
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Modeling the impacts of climate change presents a complex challenge arising from the wide-ranging processes underlying the working of markets, ecosystems, and human behavior. The analytical framework used in this monograph integrates modeling components that range from the macro to the micro to...
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Southern African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing eight of the countries that make up southern Africa — Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe — and explores how climate...
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According to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (Le Treut et al. 2007, 96), climate is defined as average weather over a period of time, ranging from months to millions of years. Climate is usually described in terms of the mean and variability...
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Ethiopia has experienced a historically unprecedented increase in inflation, mainly driven by cereal price inflation … models to identify the relative importance of several factors contributing to overall inflation and its three major … supply shocks and inflation inertia strongly affect domestic inflation, causing large deviations from long-run price trends …
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This study investigates the disconnect between falling agricultural commodity prices and persistent food inflation by … analyzes the impact of global crops, fertilizer, and oil prices on domestic inflation and explores the asymmetries in the pass … inflation compared to supply-driven shocks, with country-specific characteristics shaping these responses. A historical …
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This study investigates the disconnect between falling agricultural commodity prices and persistent food inflation by … analyzes the impact of global crops, fertilizer, and oil prices on domestic inflation and explores the asymmetries in the pass … inflation compared to supply-driven shocks, with country-specific characteristics shaping these responses. A historical …
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