Bawayelaazaa Nyuor, A and Donkor, E and Aidoo, R and Saaka Buah, S and Naab, J and Nutsugah, S and Bayala, J and Zougmore, R B (2016) Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Cereal Production: Implications for Sustainable Agriculture in Northern Ghana. Sustainability, 08 (08). 01-17. ISSN 2071-1050
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Abstract
This paper investigates the economic impacts of climate change on cereal crop production in Northern Ghana using 240 households comprising maize and sorghum farmers. The Ricardian regression approach was used to examine the economic impacts of climate change based on data generated from a survey conducted in the 2013/2014 farming seasons. Forty-year time-series data of rainfall and temperature from 1974 to 2013, together with cross-sectional data, were used for the empirical analysis. The Ricardian regression estimates for both maize and sorghum showed varying degrees of climate change impacts on net revenues. The results indicated that early season precipitation was beneficial for sorghum, but harmful for maize. However, mid-season precipitation tended to promote maize production. Temperature levels for all seasons impacted negatively on net revenue for both crops, except during the mid-season, when temperature exerted a positive effect on net revenue for sorghum. Our findings suggest that appropriate adaptation strategies should be promoted to reduce the negative impacts of prevailing climate change on cereal crop production.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Divisions: | Research Program : West & Central Africa |
| CRP: | CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Economic impact; Climate change; Cereal; Ricardian approach; Sustainability; Cereal Production; Sustainable Agriculture |
| Subjects: | Others > Cereals Others > Sustainable Agriculture Others > Climate Change |
| Depositing User: | Mr Ramesh K |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Oct 2016 04:03 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Sep 2017 10:47 |
| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/9727 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su8080724 |
| Projects: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Funders: | CCAFS |
| Acknowledgement: | The authors acknowledge the financial support provided by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) for the study. The immense editorial assistance provided by the Sustainability Office staff to bring the original manuscript to acceptable standard required by the journal is greatly appreciated and acknowledged. |
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