10.6084/m9.figshare.5576383.v1
Kathleen Lawlor
Kathleen
Lawlor
Sudhanshu Handa
Sudhanshu
Handa
David Seidenfeld
David
Seidenfeld
Cash Transfers Enable Households to Cope with Agricultural Production and Price Shocks: Evidence from Zambia
Taylor & Francis Group
2017
cash payments
food consumption
poverty traps
Price Shocks
Agricultural Production
cash Transfers Enable Households
rainfall patterns
policy option
climate-resilient development
price shocks
food security
farming households
food production
Zambia Climate change
cash transfers
2017-11-07 04:37:13
Journal contribution
https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Cash_Transfers_Enable_Households_to_Cope_with_Agricultural_Production_and_Price_Shocks_Evidence_from_Zambia/5576383
<p>Climate change is projected to dramatically disrupt rainfall patterns and agricultural yields in sub-Saharan Africa. These shocks to food production can mire farming households in poverty traps. This study investigates whether unconditional cash transfers can help households cope with agricultural production and price shocks. We find that cash empowers poor, rural households facing these negative shocks to employ coping strategies typically used by the non-poor and enables them to substantially increase their food consumption and overall food security. Extending relatively small cash payments unconditionally to the rural poor is a powerful policy option for fostering climate-resilient development.</p>