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Harmful temperatures and consumption expenditure: evidence from Nigerian households

Jubril Animashaun

Lotanna Emediegwu

Nneka Osadolor

Okiemua Okoror

7251 ­ ­ EN ­ ­ 45. October 2024 ­ ­­ ­ climate change extreme heat food expenditure welfare Nigeria

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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Rovshan. Guliyev

Azerbaijan State Economic University (UNEC)

  prof, dr  

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Samir. Maharramov

Doctoral student of Azerbaijan Tourism and Management University

   

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Azer. Gurbanzadeh

Azerbaijan Cooperation University

  Ph.D., docent  

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Ramil. Aliyev

Ph.D. student of the Agricultural Research Center

   

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Orkhan. Balayev

Education Center of Tax Ministry of Azerbaijan Republic

   

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Hagar. Namazova

Ph.D. candidate of the Azerbaijan State Economic University (UNEC)

   

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Emilya. Shukurova

диссертант Бакинского государственного университета

   

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Faiq. Gasimli

PhD student of the Agricultural Economics Research Center

   

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Aligulu. Mehdiyev

Ph.D. student of Baku Engineering University

   

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Manzar. Nasibova

Senior researcher

   

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Sabuhi. Eldarov

Research Institute of Plant Protection and Technical Plants

   

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Elchin. Salahov

Azerbaijan State Agricultural University

  Doctor of Philosophy in Economics  

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Leyla. Hajiyeva

Ph.D. student of the Agricultural Economics Research Center

   

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Natig. Javadov

Azerbaijan State Agrarian University

  prof, dr  

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Lala. Jabbarlı

Ph.D. student of the Agricultural Economics Research Center

   

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Vahid. Amrahov

Azerbaijan State Agricultural University

  Ph.D., docent