The heterogeneous effects of adoption of climate-smart agriculture on household welfare in Pakistan

Shahzad, Muhammad Faisal; Abdulai, Awudu

doi:10.1080/00036846.2020.1820445

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“…The literature on climate change adaptation shows that farmers around the world have adopted different adaptation strategies. These include short‐term climate‐smart agriculture practices such as changes in sowing date, input mix, crop rotation, crop diversification, and improving irrigation efficiency (Abdulai, 2018; Bradshaw et al., 2004; Mall et al., 2004; Shahzad & Abdulai, 2021). Long‐term adaptations can be achieved by crop substitution (Rezaei et al., 2015; Seo & Mendelsohn, 2008), or bundling agricultural technologies (Fleischer et al., 2011).…”

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Measuring the impact of climate change on agriculture in Vietnam: A panel Ricardian analysis

Nguyen

Scrimgeour

2021

Agricultural Economics

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This article investigates the economic impacts of changes in climatic conditions on Vietnamese agriculture. We apply the two‐step Hsiao method to a 10‐year panel of household data which focuses on the production of 20 crops across seven regions in Vietnam. This study allows for variable market feedbacks across regions that grow different selections of crops. In this way, our article differs from most panel Ricardian analyses which assume uniform market shocks on households. Our analysis also includes climate interactions to allow the effects of temperatures to be dependent on the levels of rainfall. Panel evidence from the Ricardian model suggests heterogeneous climate impacts across seasons and regions. Rising seasonal temperatures are associated with losses to most regions, with spring temperatures being the exception. Increases in summer precipitation are valuable to mitigate the negative effects of rising temperatures. Changes in climate normal should not be the focus of policymakers since the simulation indicates marginal losses to agricultural productivity, both in the short term and the long term. Regions with cool climates are likely to be most affected by the projected climate change.

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Measuring the impact of climate change on agriculture in Vietnam: A panel Ricardian analysis

Nguyen

Scrimgeour

2021

Agricultural Economics

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“…Few studies in the technology adoption literature have analyzed heterogeneity in returns to adoption of agricultural technologies (Abdul Mumin & Abdulai, 2021; Shahzad & Abdulai, 2021).…”

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Heterogeneity in returns to agricultural technologies with incomplete diffusion: Evidence from Ghana

Mohammed

Abdulai

2021

Review Development Economics

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“…It is projected that by the middle of the 21st century, the largest number of foodinsecure people will be found in South Asia due to the adverse effects of climate change [8]. Previous studies have shown that the adoption of CSA practices plays a significant role in increasing farm productivity and household income and contributing to poverty reduction and food security [13,[15][16][17]. Moreover, the adoption of CSA practices has been found to help smallholder farmers living in rural areas overcome production and income risks [18][19][20].…”

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“…Most of the empirical studies on adoption of CSA practices are focused on countries in sub-Saharan Africa [21][22][23][24][25][26], with few studies on Asian countries [14][15][16][17]. The study by Abid et al [16] found that adaptation to climate change improves farm productivity and crop income.…”

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Adaptation Implications of Climate-Smart Agriculture in Rural Pakistan

2021

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In this paper, we analyze the drivers of the adoption of climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices and the impact of their adoption on farm net returns and exposure to risks. We use recent farm-level data from three agroecological zones of Pakistan to estimate a multinomial endogenous switching regression for different CSA practices used to reduce the adverse impact of climate change. These strategies include changing input mix, changing cropping calendar, diversifying seed variety, and soil and water conservation measures. The empirical results show that the adoption of different CSA practices is influenced by average rainfall, previous experience of climate-related shocks, and access to climate change information. The findings further reveal that adoption of CSA practices positively and significantly improves farm net returns and reduces farmers’ exposure to downside risks and crop failure. The results also reveal significant differences in the impacts of CSA practice adoption on farm net returns in different agroecological zones. Thus, policies aimed at achieving sustainability in agricultural production should consider agroecological, specific, climate-smart solutions.

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The heterogeneous effects of adoption of climate-smart agriculture on household welfare in Pakistan

Cited by 43 publications

References 39 publications

Measuring the impact of climate change on agriculture in Vietnam: A panel Ricardian analysis

Measuring the impact of climate change on agriculture in Vietnam: A panel Ricardian analysis

Heterogeneity in returns to agricultural technologies with incomplete diffusion: Evidence from Ghana

Adaptation Implications of Climate-Smart Agriculture in Rural Pakistan

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