Measuring the economic impact of climate change on major South African field crops: A Ricardian approach

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 47, Issue 2-4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 143-152

  Gbetibouo, G A ^a   Hassan, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Climate change; Net revenue and adaptations; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC IMPACT;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; GLYCINE MAX; HELIANTHUS; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 23844509793     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2004.10.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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