How Investment in RD&E Offset the Negative Impact of Climate Change on the Tunisian Agricultural Productivity Sector

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2015-05-15

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2015-05-15

Contributes to SDGs

SDG 12 - Responsible consumption and productionSDG 13 - Climate action

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Boubaker Dhehibi, Aymen Frija, Aden A. Aw-Hassan. (15/5/2015). How Investment in RD&E Offset the Negative Impact of Climate Change on the Tunisian Agricultural Productivity Sector. Djerba, Tunisia: The Arid Regions Institute (IRA) and its partners.

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The aim of this paper is to examine the impact of research, development extension (RD&E) and climate change (measured in terms of change in rainfall) on the productivity growth of agriculture in Tunisia during the period 1970-2011, using output-based Törnqvist index combined with econometric regression. Results show that RD&E and climate change are significantly affecting the long-run productivity growth of the Tunisian agriculture. Climate change lessens the productivity of agriculture in the long run whilst RD&E boosts its productivity. Empirical findings suggest that an increase in agricultural RD&E investment is critical to improving long-run productivity growth in the face of adverse climate change.

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agriculture ; climate change ; productivity ; goal 13 climate action ; goal 12 responsible production and consumption

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Dhehibi, Boubaker  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3854-6669
 Frija, Aymen  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8379-9054
 Aw-Hassan, Aden A.  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9236-4949