An analysis of livestock choice : adapting to climate change in Latin American farms (English)

The authors explore how Latin American livestock farmers adapt to climate by switching species. They develop a multinomial choice model of farmer's choice of livestock species. Estimating the models across over 1,200 livestock farmers in seven countries, they find that both temperature and precipitation affect the species Latin American farmers choose. The authors then use this model to predict how future climate scenarios would affect species choice...

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Mendelsohn,Robert;

Seo,Sungno Niggol;
Document Date
2007/03/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS4164
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Latin America,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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An analysis of livestock choice : adapting to climate change in Latin American farms
Keywords
farmer

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Mendelsohn,Robert; Seo,Sungno Niggol.

An analysis of livestock choice : adapting to climate change in Latin American farms (English). Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 4164 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/904751468277135812

An analysis of livestock choice : adapting to climate change in Latin American farms (English)

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