Desertification, crop yield and economic development
A Disaggregated Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6448398 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maurizio Malpede (0000-0002-1033-8465), Marco Percoco (0000-0001-5059-8352) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 411-432 |
| Publication date | 2025-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Regional Studies Regional Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2168-1376 • E-ISSN: 2168-1376 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21681376.2025.2489518 |
| OpenAlex | W4410007975 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 31 |
This study uses a global grid-level dataset, integrating gross domestic product (GDP) per capita with crop yield and climate variables to examine the economic impact of climate-induced desertification. We use the aridity index (AI) to measure desertification and find that annual variations of soil aridity have a more significant economic impact than precipitation and temperature when taken alone, with Africa experiencing the most significant effect. We identify the reduced agricultural yield as a potential channel behind the desertification-economic growth nexus. Finally, projections suggest that by 2040, desertification could reduce GDP per capita in sub-Saharan Africa by up to 10%. These findings underscore the need for policies to mitigate the economic impacts of climate-induced desertification in vulnerable regions, contributing to the broader understanding of how climatic conditions affect economic development
Agricultural economics · Agroforestry · Agronomy · Biology · Crop · Crop yield · Desertification · Economics · Yield (engineering · Agricultural risk and resilience · Environmental Science · Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy · Transboundary Water Resource Management · Ecology
World Atlas of Desertification (Hodder Arnold Publication)
Version 4 of the CRU TS monthly high-resolution gridded multivariate climate dataset
Temperature Shocks and Economic Growth
Temperatures and cyclones strongly associated with economic production in the Caribbean and Central America
Social and economic impacts of climate
Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015
Global non-linear effect of temperature on economic production
GMM estimation with cross sectional dependence
Conflict, Climate, and Cells
The long-term economic effects of aridification
In-utero Exposure to Rainfall Variability and Early Childhood Health
What Do We Learn from the Weather? The New Climate-Economy Literature
Explaining Causal Findings Without Bias
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |