An attempt to assess the impact of climate change on the agricultural sector in FYR Macedonia using an aridity index approach

Aleksandra Martinovska-Stojcheska, Zlatko Chanevski, Jordan Hristov, Yves Surry

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Abstract

Considering the scale of global warming, we make an attempt to assess the
impact of climate change on Macedonian agriculture. Farmers’ adaptation is taken into account by using an alternative specification of the Ricardian model based on the use of aridity indices to capture the non-linear response of farmland values to temperature and precipitation. Econometric results indicate that winter and spring aridity indices influence unit gross returns of crop farms. A decomposition analysis of aridity indices between temperatures and precipitations results in the derivation or marginal responses of unit gross returns of crop farms to seasonal temperatures and precipitations.
Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes
EventEAAE 2014 Congress: Agri-Food and Rural Innovations for Healthier Societies - Ljubljana, Slovenia
Duration: 2014 Aug 262014 Aug 29

Conference

ConferenceEAAE 2014 Congress
Country/TerritorySlovenia
CityLjubljana
Period2014/08/262014/08/29

Free keywords

  • Ricardian model
  • climate change
  • Macedonian agrigulture
  • aridity index

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