Climate variability poses a severe threat to subsistence farmers in southern Africa. Two different approaches have … ongoing pilot insurance scheme for smallholder farmers in Malawi. The authors propose a model that adjusts the amount of high …-yield agricultural inputs given to farmers to favorable or unfavorable rainfall conditions expected for the season. Simulation results …

functions. The model is estimated across over 2,000 farmers in seven Latin America countries. The results quantify how farmers …

sensitivity of livestock. The study is based on a survey of over 9,000 farmers across 11 countries conducted by the World Bank and …

impacts of climate change on water resources and agriculture in Africa. The first phase of the study used a version of a …

This report assesses the economic impacts of climate change on agriculture in Zambia, using the Ricardian method. A …

This study uses the Ricardian approach to examine the economic impact of climate change on agriculture in Zimbabwe. Net …. An overview of farmer adaptation to changing climate indicates that farmers are already using some adaptation strategies … that there is a need to provide adequate extension information services to ensure that farmers receive up …

policy should be developed to cope with the adverse effects of climate change on agriculture. It should focus on three areas … irrigation. Some farmers adjust their crop sowing dates to avoid the expected high temperatures. To adjust to shortages in … rainfall, farmers use crop varieties with high water use efficiency and early maturing varieties. …