Climate change and agriculture: Impacts and adaptation options in South Africa

Water Resources and Economics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages 24-48

  Calzadilla, Alvaro ^a   Zhu, Tingju ^b   Rehdanz, Katrin ^a,c   Tol, Richard S J ^d,e,f,g   Ringler, Claudia ^b  

^a KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^f VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Africa; Agriculture; Climate change; Computable general equilibrium; Water resources

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; IRRIGATION; POPULATION GROWTH; RAINFALL; SOIL MOISTURE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84901623935     PISSN: 22124284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wre.2014.03.001     Document Type: Article

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