An analysis of crop choice: Adapting to climate change in South American farms

Ecological Economics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 109-116

  Seo, S Niggol ^a   Mendelsohn, Robert ^a  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptations; Climate change; Crop switching; Impacts; Multinomial logit

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPPING PRACTICE; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODELING;

SOUTH AMERICA;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 48549098848     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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