Asadullah Jawid|Menusch Khadjavi
Adaptation to climate change in Afghanistan: Evidence on the impact of external interventions
American University of Afghanistan|Kiel University|Kiel Institute for the World Economy|Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
climate change significant obstacle farmers least developed countries like afghanistan adaptation support exceptionally scarce paper provides evidence impact agriculturerelated external support farmers adaptation climate change central highlands afghanistan end collected primary data 1434 farmers interviewed across 14 districts bamiyan ghazni diakundi provinces employ quasiexperimental econometric methods including endogenous switching regression analysis estimate treatment effects various adaptationrelated outcomes find significant impacts support interventions use improved types seeds farmers access irrigation water impacts risk flood economic financial well government institutional adaptation constraints appear significant sensitive existence unobserved factors conclude farmers perceived changes climate tried adapt employing measures available impact external support partially effective addressing immediate shortterm farming challenges related climate change extreme weather events however effective treating longterm fundamental climate changerelated risks based analysis past treatments farmers selfreported priorities provide list policy recommendations adaptation climate change farming communities afghanistan