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The Impact of Climatic Change Adaptation on Agricultural Productivity in Central Chile: A Stochastic Production Frontier Approach

Lisandro Roco,B. Bravo-Ureta,A. Engler,R. Jara‐Rojas

Published 2017 in Sustainability

ABSTRACT

Adaptation to climate change is imperative to sustain and promote agricultural productivity growth, and site-specific empirical evidence is needed to facilitate policy making. Therefore, this study analyses the impact of climate change adaptation on productivity for annual crops in Central Chile using a stochastic production frontier approach. The data come from a random sample of 265 farms located in four municipalities with different agro-climatic conditions. To measure climate change adaptation, a set of 14 practices was used in three different specifications: binary variable, count and index; representing decision, intensity and quality of adaptation, respectively. The aforementioned alternative variables were used in three different stochastic production frontier models. Results suggest that the use of adaptive practices had a significant and positive effect on productivity; the practice with the highest impact on productivity was irrigation improvement. Empirical results demonstrate the relevance of climate change adaptation on farmers’ productivity and enrich the discussion regarding the need to implement adaptation measures.

PUBLICATION RECORD

  • Publication year

    2017

  • Venue

    Sustainability

  • Publication date

    2017-09-16

  • Fields of study

    Agricultural and Food Sciences, Economics, Environmental Science

  • Identifiers
    DOI 10.3390/SU9091648
  • External record

    Open on Semantic Scholar

  • Source metadata

    Semantic Scholar

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