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

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  • Seo, Niggol
  • Mendelsohn, Robert

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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. Global warming will cause farmers to switch to beef cattle at the expense of dairy cattle.

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  • Seo, Niggol & Mendelsohn, Robert, 2007. "An analysis of livestock choice : adapting to climate change in Latin American farms," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4164, The World Bank.
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    1. Mulatu Debalke, Negash, 2011. "Determinants of farmers’ preference for adaptation strategies to climate change: evidence from north shoa zone of Amhara region Ethiopia," MPRA Paper 48753, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Alatorre, José Eduardo & Peres Núñez, Wilson & Bárcena Ibarra, Alicia & Samaniego, Joseluis, 2020. "The climate emergency in Latin America and the Caribbean: The path ahead – resignation or action?," Libros de la CEPAL, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), number 45678 edited by Eclac, May.
    3. Seo, S. Niggol & Mendelsohn, Robert & Dinar, Ariel & Kurukulasuriya, Pradeep, 2008. "Differential adaptation strategies by agro-ecological zones in African livestock management," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4601, The World Bank.

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    Livestock&Animal Husbandry; Climate Change; Wildlife Resources; Peri-Urban Communities; Rural Urban Linkages;
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