Document Type
Honors Project - Open Access
Abstract
This study measures behavioral changes of Ethiopian farmers after experiencing desert locust invasions in 2014. I use an air-mass dispersion model to predict wind patterns that could transport locust swarms and combine the wind trajectories with a panel household survey data to identify affected households. Exploiting the spatial and timing variation of locust invasions, I find that a marginal exposure to locust swarms during the harvesting season causes farmers to delay planting by 4 days and expand their crop portfolio by 0.115 staple/subsistence crops.
Recommended Citation
Fall, Cheikh, "Desert Locust Invasions and Farmers’ Adaptation" (2023). Economics Honors Projects. 133.
https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/economics_honors_projects/133
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