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https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-20853| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | The welfare effects of crop biodiversity as an adaptation to climate shocks in Kenya |
| Authors: | Bozzola, Martina Smale, Melinda |
| et. al: | No |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105065 10.21256/zhaw-20853 |
| Published in: | World Development |
| Volume(Issue): | 135 |
| Issue: | 105065 |
| Issue Date: | 2020 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 0305-750X 1873-5991 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Crop diversification; Smallholder farmer; Vulnerability; Kenya |
| Subject (DDC): | 333: Economics of land and resources 630: Agriculture |
| Abstract: | This paper investigates the effects of crop biodiversity on farm income and production risk using a large panel dataset of rural households in Kenya. We consider three different metrics of in situ (on-farm) crop diversification (richness, evenness and concentration). We apply a partial moments-based model to test the effects of each strategy on welfare defined as expected crop income, variability (variance) and downside risk (skewness). Our comprehensive econometric approach differentiates climatic shocks, weather and climate change. The results suggest that the benefits from greater diversification in terms of enhanced land productivity and lower production costs could surpass the foregone benefit from greater efficiency associated with more concentrated production systems. Crop richness and evenness each reduce exposure to crop income risk, especially for more vulnerable farmers who produce below the expected revenue threshold. Farmers who rely on greater crop specialization, on the contrary, are more exposed to crop income risk. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/20853 |
| Fulltext version: | Accepted version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0: Attribution - Non commercial - No derivatives 4.0 International |
| Restricted until: | 2022-07-24 |
| Departement: | Life Sciences and Facility Management |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Natural Resource Sciences (IUNR) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen Life Sciences und Facility Management |
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Bozzola, M., & Smale, M. (2020). The welfare effects of crop biodiversity as an adaptation to climate shocks in Kenya. World Development, 135(105065). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105065
Bozzola, M. and Smale, M. (2020) ‘The welfare effects of crop biodiversity as an adaptation to climate shocks in Kenya’, World Development, 135(105065). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105065.
M. Bozzola and M. Smale, “The welfare effects of crop biodiversity as an adaptation to climate shocks in Kenya,” World Development, vol. 135, no. 105065, 2020, doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105065.
BOZZOLA, Martina und Melinda SMALE, 2020. The welfare effects of crop biodiversity as an adaptation to climate shocks in Kenya. World Development. 2020. Bd. 135, Nr. 105065. DOI 10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105065
Bozzola, Martina, and Melinda Smale. 2020. “The Welfare Effects of Crop Biodiversity as an Adaptation to Climate Shocks in Kenya.” World Development 135 (105065). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105065.
Bozzola, Martina, and Melinda Smale. “The Welfare Effects of Crop Biodiversity as an Adaptation to Climate Shocks in Kenya.” World Development, vol. 135, no. 105065, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105065.
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