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Working Paper 148 Abstract This paper assesses the distinct impacts of weather and climate change measures on agricultural revenue of... Read more

A key policy debate is whether agricultural production should be geared towards input-intensification or diversity of crops. Using data from Ethiopia this paper investigates the effects of crop diversity on production and finds that the impact on productivity may be lower than previously thought. Read more

This article introduces a new methodology to estimate climate exposure at the household’s level with the standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index... Read more

Declan Conway comments on new research published in Nature Climate change on future Nile river flows. The work shows annual... Read more

Charlene’s PhD is on ‘Forest Conservation for communities and carbon: the economics of community forest management in the Bale Mountains... Read more

Land tenure security has long been touted as key to increased performance of the agricultural sector in developing countries. This... Read more

This working paper looks at the impact of an institutional intervention on market efficiency in Ethiopia. More specifically it examines whether regional warehouses that are connected to a national commodity exchange reduce transaction costs and price dispersion between regions. Read more

Jonathan Colmer, a PhD student at the Grantham Research on Climate Change and the Environment, received this award at the European Economic Association. Read more

Xavier’s PhD is on the management of climate risk and market risk in agriculture. He is interested both in developed... Read more