The paper characterizes the cumulative impact of the pandemic and drought on the main economic sectors of the Republic of Moldova. Total Gross Added Value (GAV) per economy, with a share of 87.0% in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) formation, contributed to the decrease of GDP by 6.0% in 2020...

Climate change has increased rainfall uncertainty, leading to greater production risks in agriculture. We examine the gender-differentiated labor impacts of droughts resulting from lower precipitation using unique individual-level panel data for agricultural households in India over half a...

We measure if and to what extent livestock sales during food shortages affect the wealth value of livestock. For this purpose we exploit monthly market prices of meat and staple foods in Malawi, for up to 72 locations (towns, villages and markets), for the period from January 1991 to December...

This study estimates the impact of excess precipitation (or the absence of rainfall) on productivity of agricultural land parcels in New Zealand. This type of post-disaster damage assessments aims to allow for quantification of disaster damage when on-the-ground assessment of damage is too...

This study estimates the impact of excess precipitation (or the absence of rainfall) on productivity of agricultural land parcels in New Zealand. This type of post-disaster damage assessments aims to allow for quantification of disaster damage when on-the-ground assessment of damage is too...

This paper focuses on the environment of Ethiopia, a country highly sensitive to droughts severely affecting vegetation. Vegetation monitoring of Ethiopian Highlands requires visualization of environmental parameters to assess droughts negatively influencing agricultural sustainable management...

At present, there have been limited research on the improved production performance of alfalfa under the natural drought conditions caused by salicylic acid in the field. In this paper, the effect of different salicylic acid concentrations on the production performance of alfalfa from different...

Rising temperatures are likely to increase the risk of drought across the globe over the next century. Boreal forests are particularly vulnerable to drought because temperatures within these biomes are projected to warm the fastest. Warm and dry conditions can reduce tree growth, particularly in...

Dryland ecosystems are generally drought-stressed and have low soil fertility. While the negative effects of drought on vegetation productivity are undisputed, it is unclear whether drought limits vegetation productivity alone or in combination with nitrogen (N) deficiency. To address this...

China and India have been leaders in greening the world through land-use management since 2000. Ongoing climate changes significantly influence such artificial greening. However, due to various reasons, the lack of an extensive consensus on the direction of this impact hinders our understanding....

Background : Recent studies provide strong evidence that climate change will increase drought duration and severity in many regions around the world, including the Central Plains of North America. While the agricultural and hydrological impacts of drought continue to grow, studies on...

Peatlands are important sinks and stores of terrestrial carbon, but their future role in the global climate system under climate change is uncertain. Palaeoecological and experimental climate manipulation studies are commonly used to address these uncertainties, although their results often...

Throughout history, Europe and North America have experienced intense and long-lasting droughts with large impacts on society and ecosystem such as the recent drought 2018/2019 and historical drought 1540 in Europe, or the US Dust Bowl of the 1930s. To increase resilience and develop adaptation...

Compound drought and heatwaves (CDHWs) can cause significant socio-economic and ecological impacts. A better understanding of historical spatiotemporal changes of Australian CDHWs and their underlying physical mechanisms can help improve their predictability. We analyse changes in the extended...

Across western Canada, more frequent and severe droughts are expected to occur asa result of climate change. Forests are particularly vulnerable to drought as it oftenresults in mortality events even years following a moisture deficit. Similar events havebeen observed in Saskatchewan...

Ethiopian economy relies on Agriculture, but it is highly dependent on rainfall. Rainfall is highly varying spatially and temporally affecting cropping pattern and productivity. Drought incidences and prolonged dry days during crop growing season are the leading challenges of agricultural...

Precise determination of stomatal conductance (gs) is important to quantify and predict plant water loss and its response to changing environmental conditions. In this study, we combined measurements of leaf-to-air vapour pressure difference (DL) derived from canopy surface temperature, and...

This research examines the relationship between droughts, city-level conflict, and local governance in Europe from 900 to 1800 C.E. I use data on local drought intensity recorded at an annual frequency, combined with information on city-level conflict, to show that droughts are robustly...

Barker’s fetal origins hypothesis suggests a strong relationship between in utero conditions, health and overall child development after birth. Using nationally representative population survey, this paper analyzes the impact of rainfall on early child health in rural India. We find that...

This first World Bank report on drought in Angola aims to provide a practical approach and actionable measures to support the government of Angola in its paradigm shift toward drought and climate resilience. To provide a clear picture of the problem and its solutions, the report focuses on...

Agricultural drought is a complex type of drought disaster, involving factors such as soil, crops, atmosphere, and human resource utilization. The identification of regions’ agricultural drought risk and factors affecting agricultural drought risk level are significant for disaster prevention...

This study estimates the impact of excess precipitation (or the absence of rainfall) on productivity of agricultural land parcels in New Zealand. This type of post-disaster damage assessments aims to allow for quantification of disaster damage when on-the-ground assessment of damage is too...

Evidence is found of two distinct patterns of response to the onset of the recent drought in rural Ethiopia. Agricultural Households with pre-shock cattle holdings of three or more animals effectively used these assets as a buffer against the fall in agricultural income. In contrast, households...

Index insurance has been introduced as a solution to tackle several challenges that prevail in the agricultural insurance sector of developing countries. One of the main implementation challenges in these countries is the lack of reliable weather data for index development and implementation....

Climate change has increased rainfall uncertainty, leading to greater production risks in agriculture. We examine the gender-differentiated labor impacts of droughts resulting from lower precipitation using unique individual-level panel data for agricultural households in India over half a...

We investigate whether idiosyncratic interbank funding shocks affecting a bank headquarters can trigger a liquidity hoarding reaction by their regional branches. Shock-affected branches of Brazilian banks increase liquid assets and cut lending in the shocks' aftermath compared to non-affected...

This paper examines to what extent slowdowns in economic growth are compounded by widening fiscal deficits and corresponding pressures on public debt after natural disasters. We rely on ifo GAME database (Felbermayr and Groeschl (2014)) that contains exogenous measures of physical disaster...

We provide a new and more complete analysis of the origins of the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, one of the most severe environmental crises in North America in the 20th Century. Severe drought and wind erosion hit the Great Plains in 1930 and lasted through 1940. There were similar droughts in the...

The economy of the Republic of Moldova has entered, since 2009, an economic recession, which has become deep in the last period of 2019-2021. Previously, the Republic of Moldova was severely affected by the so-called "theft of the billion" from the three state-owned banks, which caused great...

Children in rural farming households across the developing countries are often vulnerable to a multitude of risks, including health risks associated with climate change and variability. This study empirically traced the effect of extreme weather events on nutritional health outcomes among rural...

Conservation tillage has been widely recommended for implementation in the U.S. for its environmental benefits. The effect of conservation tillage on crop yield is a subject of continued concern amongst farmers who have not adopted the practice. Previous empirical research on the yield...

Drought disaster is one of the meteorological disasters that hinders agricultural development, and risk assessment of this disaster can reduce losses. Although there are many kinds of risk assessment methods, most of them are static. For this reason, a risk assessment model combining static...

In communities highly dependent on rainfed agriculture for their livelihoods, the common occurrence of climatic shocks can lower the marginal cost of a child and raise fertility. We test this hypothesis using longitudinal data from Madagascar. Exploiting exogenous within-district year-to-year...

Drought has become a major threat to local sustainable development in dryland Asia, one of the largest grassland ecosystems in the world. However, empirical- and science-based evidence regarding the extent of drought changes and the future trends of these changes in dryland Asia is variable and...

The effects of extreme weather events, such as heat waves and droughts are taken into account in both global and European policies. Accordingly, the protection of critical infrastructures and in particular, the resilience of the energy sector was the subject of intense research. There are...

Northwest China is one of the most arid regions in the world and has experienced intriguing climate warming and humidification. Nonetheless, future climate conditions in Northwest China still remain uncertain. In this study, we applied an ensemble of the 12 latest model simulations of the...

We measure if and to what extent livestock sales during food shortages affect the wealth value of livestock. For this purpose we exploit monthly market prices of meat and staple foods in Malawi, for up to 72 locations (towns, villages and markets), for the period from January 1991 to December...