Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Uyo, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, Nigeria
Research Article
Who Losses When Climate Change; The Case of Cocoa Production in Nigeria
Author(s): Uduak Michael Ekong* and Godwin Edet Bassey
This study investigates the impact of climate change on cocoa crop production in Nigeria from 1980 to 2022 using country specific data on climate change factors like rainfall, temperature, and gas emissions; and cocoa crop output. We relied on the translog analytical technique of Christensen, Jorgenson and Lau that allows for greater flexibility in measuring environmental relationships compared to other traditional measurement techniques. Our finding suggests that at their individual levels, rainfall and carbon(IV)oxide exhibited positive output pressure on cocoa production. Within the same measures, a single percentage rise in the temperature level and gas flared quantity will negatively affect cocoa output to the value of 51% and 76% loss respectively that are statistically significant. However, deepening temperature and carbon(IV)oxide simultaneously deepen cocoa output positively .. Read More»
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