This paper examines the impact of climatic change on the level of total agricultural production of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and non-Sub-Sahara Africa (NSSA) developing countries. In doing so it uses a new cross-country panel climatic dataset in an agricultural production framework. The results show that climate, measured as changes in country-wide rainfall and temperature, has been a major determinant of agricultural production in SSA. In contrast, NSSA countries appear not to be affected by climate in the same manner. simulations using the estimates suggest that the detrimental changes in climate since the 1960s can account for a substantial portion of the gap in agricultural production between SSA and the rest of the developing world. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Hue Univ, Univ Econ, Fac Econ & Dev Studies, 99 Ho Dac Di St, Hue City, Vietnam
Univ Sydney, Sch Econ, Sydney, NSW 2006, AustraliaHue Univ, Univ Econ, Fac Econ & Dev Studies, 99 Ho Dac Di St, Hue City, Vietnam
Kien Nguyen Duc
Ancev, Tiho
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Univ Sydney, Sch Econ, Sydney, NSW 2006, AustraliaHue Univ, Univ Econ, Fac Econ & Dev Studies, 99 Ho Dac Di St, Hue City, Vietnam