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American Agriculture, Water Resources, and Climate Change

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  • Gary D. Libecap
  • Ariel Dinar

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This paper highlights the role of agriculture in the American economy and society over time and points to farmer historical and contemporary responses to varying climatic conditions. It indicates the importance of water as an input to agricultural production and identifies possible impacts of climate change on access to water. It then summarizes a set of eleven papers from an NBER research project on water, climate change, and the agricultural sector.

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  • Gary D. Libecap & Ariel Dinar, 2022. "American Agriculture, Water Resources, and Climate Change," NBER Working Papers 30290, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    • Handle: RePEc:nbr:nberwo:30290
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    • N5 - Economic History - - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Extractive Industries
    • Q1 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture
    • Q15 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment

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