Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture in Pakistan: A District Level Analysis
Journal Title: Research Journal Social Sciences (Online) - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 2
Abstract
This paper examines the impact of climate change and weather shocks on agriculture of Pakistan. Employing Fixed Effect (FE) and Instrumental variable (IV) estimations on district level panel data, this study finds evidence for significant impact of climatic variables on agriculture of the country. Warming is found harming the agriculture especially in warmer and rain-fed regions of the country. Increasing precipitation affects the agriculture produce positively. Findings are suggestive that agriculture production of previous year is a significant determinant of current year’s production of the sector. Fertilizer is found generating a statistically significant robust positive impact on agriculture production. Spatially varying impact of climate variables, both in magnitude and direction, is evident from the study. The results are robust to alternative specifications using agriculture output and revenue per hectare as dependent variable.
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SAJID AMIN JAVED, MUNIR AHMAD, MUHAMMAD IQBAL
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