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Harmful temperatures and consumption expenditure: evidence from Nigerian households

Jubril Animashaun

Lotanna Emediegwu

Nneka Osadolor

Okiemua Okoror

9557 ­ ­ EN ­ ­ 45. October 2024 ­ ­­ ­ climate change extreme heat food expenditure welfare Nigeria

 

UOT: 551.58

This paper examines the effect of changes in temperature on households’ food expenditure in Nigeria. Using micro-data on consumption expenditure from Nigerian households, we find that extreme heat increases per capita consumption expenditure during dry seasons but not in wet seasons. Prior works show that small-scale farmers attenuate the effects of extreme heat on agricultural productivity through the short-term use of non-traded productive inputs, such as land. This evidence supports the view that the scope of climate change mitigating practices could keep food prices steady despite increases in extreme weather events. However, when investment in tradable inputs like drought-resistant technologies is greater, attenuating weather shocks could lower the welfare of netfood buyers if it increases food prices. To further support our interpretation, we find that relative to households in urban cities, rural households pay more for food during the dry season. We interpret this as a reflection of the higher costs of production associated with extreme heat during the dry season. Our results support policies that offer compensated income to vulnerable households to mitigate the impact of weather shocks in agrarian communities in developing countries

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Heydar. Agayev

Ph.D. student of the Azerbaijan Cooperation University

   

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Tural. Mammadzade

Ph.D. student of

   

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Gulsum. Badirzade

Ph.D. student of the Azerbaijan Cooperation University

   

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Emilya. Shukurova

диссертант Бакинского государственного университета

   

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Elchin. Salahov

Azerbaijan State Agricultural University

  Doctor of Philosophy in Economics  

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Mushfiq. Tukanov

Ph.D. student of the Agricultural Research Center

   

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Turana. Mustafayeva

Ph.D. student of Western Caspian University

   

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Arastun. Jalilov

  Doctor of Philosophy in Economics  

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Javahir. Allahverdiyeva

Azerbaijan State Agrarian University

  senior lecturer  

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Shovkat. Yusufova

Azerbaijan Cooperation University

  Ph.D., docent  

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Manzar. Nasibova

Senior researcher

   

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Fakhraddin. Aghayev

Vegetable Research Institute

   

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Isak. Hasanov

Head of Shamkir Support Point

   

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Abdulrahim. Dadashov

Ph.D. candidate of UNEC, Agricultural Economics Research Center

   

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Jahani. Nusretzade

Scientific Research Institute of Fruit-growing and Tea-growing

   

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Samir. Agayev

Ph.D. student of Azerbaijan State Economic University (UNEC)