Rising Temperatures and Cereal Production in Cameroon
Demanou Neigha Stephan *
Department of Public Economics, University of Dschang, BP: 110, Dschang, Cameroon.
Mapa Kamdoum Géneviève Christel
Department of Public Economics, University of Dschang, BP: 110, Dschang, Cameroon.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
This paper assesses the impact of rising temperatures on cereal production in Cameroon over the period 1980-2016. To achieve this objective, we used Auto Regressive Distributed Lags (ARDL). Short and long-term results show that rising temperatures do not affect cereal production in Cameroon. It would therefore be possible to extend this research work using climate projection data. Moreover, this work would also have been better if it had been done on all agricultural crops by subdividing the country into agro-ecological zones.
Keywords: Climate change, temperature, cereal production, ARDL