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Assessing the effects of climate change and political instability on sorghum production: Empirical evidence from Somalia

Abstract Climate change induces a devastating effect on agricultural production in Somalia leading to crop yield to decline including sorghum. To this end, this study aims to ascertain the long-term and casual impacts of climate change – rainfall and temperature – on sorghum production in Somalia for the 1980–2017 period while accounting for the role […]

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Asymmetric impact of energy utilization and economic development on environmental degradation in Somalia

Abstract While there are enormous studies on climate change in stable countries, climate policy perspectives from conflict-prone regions including Somalia are limited. It is noteworthy that environmental degradation is an alarming issue that fuels the vulnerability of Somalia to climate change. To this end, this study investigates the asymmetric impact of energy and economic growth […]

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Extreme climatic effects hamper livestock production in Somalia

Abstract Given the enormous impact of the livestock sector on Somalia’s economy and its vulnerability to climate variations, this study investigates short and long-term changes in climatic effects on livestock production by using data spanning from 1985 to 2016. To this end, the ARDL bounds testing and causality techniques were employed to model the long-run […]

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Climate change and crop production nexus in Somalia: an empirical evidence from ARDL technique

Abstract The purpose of this research examination is to ascertain the effect of climate change, measured rainfall, temperature, and CO2, on crop production by using data spanning from 1985 to 2016 in Somalia. ARDL bounds testing approach and Granger causality were employed to model the long-run and short-run cointegrations and the causality directions respectively of […]

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