Economic Tools and Methods for the Analysis of Global Change Impacts on Agriculture and Food Security

Front Matter ....Pages i-ix
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Crop Production Functions and Efficiency Models: Climate Change and Water Adaptation Policy Over Competitiveness and Social Disparities of Crop Production in the Mediterranean  (S. Quiroga, Z. Fernández-Haddad, C. Suárez)....Pages 3-10
 Using Ecological Modelling Tools to Inform Policy Makers of Potential Changes in Crop Distribution: An Example with Cacao Crops in Latin America  (Juan Fernandez-Manjarrés)....Pages 11-23
 The Effects of Climate Change on Poverty and Income Distribution: A Case Study for Rural Mexico  (A. López-Feldman, José Jorge Mora Rivera)....Pages 25-42
 The Value of Meteorological Information in Agrarian Producers’ Decision Making: Introducing Analytic Decision Models  (Emilio Cerdá, Sonia Quiroga, Pablo Martinez-Juarez)....Pages 43-60
 Participatory Process: Approaches for Assessing Farmer Behavior Towards Adopting Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa  (Silvestre García de Jalón)....Pages 61-86
Front Matter ....Pages 89-89
 CGE Models in Environmental Policy Analysis: A Review and Spanish Case Study  (M. Bourne, G. Philippidis)....Pages 89-117
 General Equilibrium Models: A Computable General Equilibrium Model to Analyze the Effects of an Extended Drought on Economic Sectors in México  (Alejandra Elizondo, María Eugenia Ibarrarán, Roy Boyd)....Pages 119-129
 Costs and Benefits of Adaptation: “Economic Appraisal of Adaptation Options for the Agriculture Sector”  (Paul Watkiss, Alistair Hunt)....Pages 131-148
 The Impacts of Climate Change on Crop Yields in Tanzania: Comparing an Empirical and a Process-Based Model  (Pedram Rowhani, Navin Ramankutty, William J. Martin, Ana Iglesias, Thomas W. Hertel, Syud A. Ahmed)....Pages 149-163
 Development of a Prioritization Tool for Climate Change Adaptation Measures in the Forestry Sector—A Nicaraguan Case Study  (Tania Guillén Bolaños, María Máñez Costa, Udo Nehren)....Pages 165-177