Measuring the Economic Impact of Climate Change on African Agricultural Production Systems

Climate Change Economics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-55

  Nhemachena, Charles ^a   Hassan, Rashid ^b   Kurukulasuriya, Pradeep ^c  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; agriculture; Climate change; impacts; Ricardian model

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551472041     PISSN: 20100078     EISSN: 20100086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S2010007810000066     Document Type: Article

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