This paper uses the Ricardian approach to examine how farmers in 11 countries in Africa have adapted to existing … adaptation might occur. This study differs from earlier ones by using farmers' own perceptions of the value of their land …. Previous research, by contrast, has relied on either observed sale prices or net revenues, sometimes aggregated over …

Policies to tax farmers in low-income countries and policies to subsidize them in high-income countries have been … identified as a major source of the disequilibrium of world agriculture. Recently, as many high-performing economies in Asia … advantage from agriculture to manufacturing. In order to prevent this disparity from culminating in serious social and political …

climate change scenarios on agriculture. The results further confirm that the temperature component of global warming is much … more important than precipitation. The authors analyze farmers' perceptions of climate variations and their adaptation to … these, and also constraints on adaptation mechanisms. The results suggest that farmers in Kenya are aware of short …

This study uses the Ricardian approach to analyze the impact of climate change on Ethiopian agriculture and to describe …-ecological zones, representing more than 74 percent of the country, and survey of 1,000 farmers from 50 districts. Regressing of net … revenue on climate, household, and soil variables show that these variables have a significant impact on the farmers' net …

agrarian and agriculture and the exploitation of natural resources remain the driving force for the country's economic … study reaffirms that agriculture in Cameroon is often limited by seasonality and the availability of moisture. Although … other physical factors, such as soil and relief, have an important influence on agriculture, climate remains the dominant …

In much of the developing world, many farmers grow crops for local or personal consumption despite export options that … randomized controlled trial conducted by DrumNet in Kenya that attempts to help farmers adopt and market export crops. DrumNet … provides smallholder farmers with information about how to switch to export crops, makes in-kind loans for the purchase of the …

as a whole and also for the manufacturing sector. The evidence highlights the importance of improving farmers' access to …

farm type in African agriculture. This two stage model first estimates the type of farm chosen and then the conditional … farmers to adopt mixed farming and avoid specialized farms such as crop-only or livestock-only farms. Increases in … precipitation encourage farmers to shift from irrigated to rainfed crops. As temperatures increase, farm incomes from crop …

willingly, non-trade concerns, such as environment or food safety, that they tend (wrongly) to associate with domestic farmers … corresponding reduction of protection in their farm inputs. They should also talk to farmers, hence sharpen their arguments, in … particular by focusing on the distinction between small and large farmers, the latter being by far the main beneficiaries of the …

the "petrolization" of the Ecuadorian economy. A third relationship clearly indicates a link between agriculture and … end of the 1980s, promoting agriculture appears to be an important way to promote sustainable economic growth in Ecuador …