Information as a Source of Empowerment: The Role of Climate Information Services
Quantifying the welfare benefits of climate information services (CIS), which provide farmers with weather forecast information and advice can be empirically challenging, given farmers' agricultural investment may increase or decrease depending on the content of the forecast and their levels of risk...
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| author | Kramer, Berber Trachtman, Carly Zuze, Linda |
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| description | Quantifying the welfare benefits of climate information services (CIS), which provide farmers with weather forecast information and advice can be empirically challenging, given farmers' agricultural investment may increase or decrease depending on the content of the forecast and their levels of risk aversion. In this paper, we quantify the benefits of CIS in terms of the extent that forecast information is able to align a farmer's agricultural investments to those that they would have chosen if they had known the weather realization with full certainty. Specifically, we invite farmers in Zambia to play an app game which asks them to make simulated agricultural investment decisions, with and without CIS information. Additionally, we invite couples to play the game both as individuals and jointly to test whether CIS information can help align individuals' preferred investment choices with jointly made investment decisions. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1356682025-12-08T10:04:27Z Information as a Source of Empowerment: The Role of Climate Information Services Kramer, Berber Trachtman, Carly Zuze, Linda zambia climate information services agriculture Quantifying the welfare benefits of climate information services (CIS), which provide farmers with weather forecast information and advice can be empirically challenging, given farmers' agricultural investment may increase or decrease depending on the content of the forecast and their levels of risk aversion. In this paper, we quantify the benefits of CIS in terms of the extent that forecast information is able to align a farmer's agricultural investments to those that they would have chosen if they had known the weather realization with full certainty. Specifically, we invite farmers in Zambia to play an app game which asks them to make simulated agricultural investment decisions, with and without CIS information. Additionally, we invite couples to play the game both as individuals and jointly to test whether CIS information can help align individuals' preferred investment choices with jointly made investment decisions. 2023-12-20 2023-12-20T17:17:23Z 2023-12-20T17:17:23Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/135668 Open Access application/pdf Kramer B, Trachtman C, Zuze L. 2023. Information as a Source of Empowerment: The Role of Climate Information Services. AICCRA Workin Paper no.17. Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA). |
| spellingShingle | zambia climate information services agriculture Kramer, Berber Trachtman, Carly Zuze, Linda Information as a Source of Empowerment: The Role of Climate Information Services |
| title | Information as a Source of Empowerment: The Role of Climate Information Services |
| title_full | Information as a Source of Empowerment: The Role of Climate Information Services |
| title_fullStr | Information as a Source of Empowerment: The Role of Climate Information Services |
| title_full_unstemmed | Information as a Source of Empowerment: The Role of Climate Information Services |
| title_short | Information as a Source of Empowerment: The Role of Climate Information Services |
| title_sort | information as a source of empowerment the role of climate information services |
| topic | zambia climate information services agriculture |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/135668 |
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