Economic impact of climate change on crop production in ethiopia: Evidence from cross-section measures

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 529-554

  Deressa, Temesgen Tadesse ^a   Hassan, Rashid M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROECOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP DAMAGE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CROSS SECTION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPRING (SEASON); TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 67651111694     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: 14643723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jae/ejp002     Document Type: Article

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