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A Regional Analysis of Climate Change Impacts on Canadian Agriculture

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  • Marian Weber
  • Grant Hauer

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Climate change is expected to alter production opportunities facing agricultural producers. Global studies of climate change impacts on agriculture suggest positive benefits for Canada. Results from Canadian studies tend to be more pessimistic; however, most of these studies are regionally specific and focus on the impacts on specific crops, particularly grains and oilseeds. This paper examines the impact of climate change on Canadian agricultural land values. Changes in land values are used to impute expected changes to agricultural GDP. We find that all provinces benefit from climate change and that previous estimates may be overly pessimistic.

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  • Marian Weber & Grant Hauer, 2003. "A Regional Analysis of Climate Change Impacts on Canadian Agriculture," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 29(2), pages 163-179, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:cpp:issued:v:29:y:2003:i:2:p:163-179
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