Affiliation:
1. University of Colorado Denver, USA
2. Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, USA
3. International Food Policy Research Institute, USA
Abstract
Abstract
We present evidence that farmers adjust agricultural inputs in response to within-season temperature variation, undertaking defensive investments to reduce the adverse agro-ecological impacts of warmer temperatures. Using panel data from Kenyan maize-growing households, we find that higher temperatures early in the growing season increase the use of pesticides, while reducing fertiliser use. Warmer temperatures throughout the season increase weeding effort. These adjustments arise because greater heat increases the incidence of pests, crop diseases and weeds, compelling farmers to divert investment from productivity-enhancing technologies such as fertiliser to adaptive, loss-reducing, defensive inputs such as pesticides and weeding labour.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Economics and Econometrics
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