Climate risk and food availability in Guatemala

In this paper, we use a computable general equilibrium model to simulate the effects of drought and a decrease in agricultural productivity caused by climate change in Guatemala. A reduction in agricultural productivity would mean a considerable drop in crop and livestock production, and the resulti...

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Autores principales: Vargas, Renato, Cabrera, Maynor, Cicowiez, Martín, Escobar, Pamela, Hernández, Violeta, Cabrera, Javier, Guzmán, Vivian
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2018
Materias:
Economía
Agricultural employment
Climate change
Computable general equilibrium
Farm household
Farm input markets
Natural resource
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/134307
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SEDICI (UNLP) de Universidad Nacional de La Plata
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institution_str I-19
repository_str R-120
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language Inglés
topic Economía
Agricultural employment
Climate change
Computable general equilibrium
Farm household
Farm input markets
Natural resource
spellingShingle Economía
Agricultural employment
Climate change
Computable general equilibrium
Farm household
Farm input markets
Natural resource
Vargas, Renato
Cabrera, Maynor
Cicowiez, Martín
Escobar, Pamela
Hernández, Violeta
Cabrera, Javier
Guzmán, Vivian
Climate risk and food availability in Guatemala
topic_facet Economía
Agricultural employment
Climate change
Computable general equilibrium
Farm household
Farm input markets
Natural resource
description In this paper, we use a computable general equilibrium model to simulate the effects of drought and a decrease in agricultural productivity caused by climate change in Guatemala. A reduction in agricultural productivity would mean a considerable drop in crop and livestock production, and the resulting higher prices and lower household income would mean a significant reduction in the consumption of agricultural goods and food. The most negative effects of a drought would be concentrated in agriculture, given its intensive use of water. Because agricultural production is essential to ensuring food availability, these results suggest that Guatemala needs a proper water-distribution regulatory framework.
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author Vargas, Renato
Cabrera, Maynor
Cicowiez, Martín
Escobar, Pamela
Hernández, Violeta
Cabrera, Javier
Guzmán, Vivian
author_facet Vargas, Renato
Cabrera, Maynor
Cicowiez, Martín
Escobar, Pamela
Hernández, Violeta
Cabrera, Javier
Guzmán, Vivian
author_sort Vargas, Renato
title Climate risk and food availability in Guatemala
title_short Climate risk and food availability in Guatemala
title_full Climate risk and food availability in Guatemala
title_fullStr Climate risk and food availability in Guatemala
title_full_unstemmed Climate risk and food availability in Guatemala
title_sort climate risk and food availability in guatemala
publishDate 2018
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