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Crop-Livestock Inter-linkages and Climate Change Implications for Ethiopia’s Agriculture: A Ricardian Approach

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There have been few attempts to look into the economic impacts of climate change in the context of Ethiopia. Although mixed crop-livestock farming is a dominant farming style, most of the studies on climate change, at least in the context of Ethiopia, have emphasized only crop agriculture and disregarded the role of livestock. In this research, we analyze climate change and agricultural productivity in Ethiopia in its broader sense, inclusive of livestock production. We employ a Ricardian approach, estimating three modified versions of the Ricardian model. Results show that warmer temperature is beneficial to livestock agriculture, while it is harmful to the Ethiopian economy from the crop agriculture point of view. Moreover, increasing/decreasing rainfall associated with climate change is damaging to both agricultural activities.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support for this work from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) through the Environment for Development Initiative (EfD), Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg.

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  1. Department of Economics, University of Mekelle, Mekelle, Ethiopia

    Zenebe Gebreegziabher

  2. Department of Economics, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Alemu Mekonnen

  3. Center for Development Research, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

    Rahel Deribe Bekele

  4. Environment and Climate Research Center, Policy Studies Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Samuel Abera Zewdie

  5. Private Consultant, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Meseret Molla Kassahun

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  2. Oceanografia y Ecologia Marina. Coastal Climate Science, Universidad de la República de Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay

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Gebreegziabher, Z., Mekonnen, A., Bekele, R.D., Zewdie, S.A., Kassahun, M.M. (2020). Crop-Livestock Inter-linkages and Climate Change Implications for Ethiopia’s Agriculture: A Ricardian Approach. In: Leal Filho, W., Nagy, G., Borga, M., Chávez Muñoz, P., Magnuszewski, A. (eds) Climate Change, Hazards and Adaptation Options. Climate Change Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37425-9_31

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