TY  - JOUR
TI  - Climate Change and Agriculture: Subsistence Farmers' Response to Extreme Heat
SP  - 1
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20190316
VL  - 13
Y1  - 2021/02//
A1  - Aragón, FM
A1  - Oteiza, F
A1  - Rud, JP
IS  - 1
N2  - This paper examines how subsistence farmers respond to extreme heat. Using micro-data from Peruvian households, we find that high temperatures reduce agricultural productivity, increase area planted, and change crop mix. These findings are consistent with farmers using input adjustments as a short-term mechanism to attenuate the effect of extreme heat on output. This response seems to complement other coping strategies, such as selling livestock, but exacerbates the drop in yields, a standard measure of agricultural productivity. Using our estimates, we show that accounting for land adjustments is important to quantify damages associated with climate change.
JF  - American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
EP  - 35
AV  - public
ID  - discovery10069604
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ER  -