Climate information services enhance farmers’ resilience to climate change: Impacts on agricultural productivity

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research institute
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Growth Centre
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Research Institute for Climate and Society
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Institute
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Institute
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Development
cg.contributor.donorAustralian Centre for International Agricultural Research
cg.contributor.donorWorld Bank
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierJames Hansen: 0000-0002-8599-7895
cg.creator.identifierStephen Zebiak: 0000-0001-8473-8018
cg.creator.identifierAbonesh Tesfaye: 0000-0003-4768-4131
cg.creator.identifierBart Minten: 0000-0002-2183-1845
cg.creator.identifierTeferi Demissie: 0000-0002-0228-1972
cg.creator.identifierMaren Radeny: 0000-0001-6470-8372
cg.creator.identifierKindie Tesfaye: 0000-0002-7201-8053
cg.creator.identifierDawit Solomon: 0000-0002-6839-6801
cg.howPublishedFormally Published
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2025.100724
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategies and Governance Unit
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.issn2212-0963
cg.journalClimate Risk Management
cg.reviewStatusPeer Review
cg.subject.ilriAGRICULTURE
cg.subject.ilriCLIMATE CHANGE
cg.subject.ilriRESILIENCE
cg.volume49
dc.contributor.authorTamru, Seneshaw
dc.contributor.authorHansen, James
dc.contributor.authorZebiak, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorTesfaye, Abonesh
dc.contributor.authorMinten, Bart
dc.contributor.authorDemissie, Teferi
dc.contributor.authorRadeny, Maren A.O.
dc.contributor.authorTesfaye, Kindie
dc.contributor.authorSolomon, Dawit
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-27T08:57:21Z
dc.date.available2025-06-27T08:57:21Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/175350
dc.titleClimate information services enhance farmers’ resilience to climate change: Impacts on agricultural productivityen
dcterms.abstractEthiopia is a climate “hotspot” where the variable and changing climate periodically threatens agricultural production, food security, and human well-being. Using two-rounds of Feed the Future program survey data that cover 3,799 farming households in five major regions in Ethiopia, and employing panel data estimation methods, we analyze the potential impact of weather and climate services (WCS) on agricultural productivity and farmers’ resilience in Ethiopia. We found that access to WCS increases the productivity of maize and wheat crops by 27 % and 17 %, respectively. These estimates are comparable to or higher than conventional yield-increasing production technologies such as fertilizer and improved seeds. Despite such a strong productivity effect, access to WCS is limited to only 18 % of the surveyed farmers. This study adds to the existing body of evidence on the significant positive impact of WCS, and affirms the importance of weather and climate information service products to enhance farmers’ resilience to climate risk. Further analyses are needed to estimate the value to Ethiopia’s smallholder farmers, especially those who are most vulnerable to climate-related hazards, of increasing investment in improving seasonal climate forecasts, mainstreaming weather and climate services in the agricultural extension system, including through National Framework for Climate Services (NFCS), and supporting farmer decision-making with climate-informed digital advisory tools and training.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceAcademics
dcterms.audienceCGIAR
dcterms.audienceDevelopment Practitioners
dcterms.audienceDonors
dcterms.audienceExtension
dcterms.audiencePolicy Makers
dcterms.audienceScientists
dcterms.available2025-06-23
dcterms.bibliographicCitationTamru, S., Hansen, J., Zebiak, S., Tesfaye, A., Minten, B., Demissie, T., Radeny, M., Tesfaye, K. and Solomon, D. 2025. Climate information services enhance farmers’ resilience to climate change: Impacts on agricultural productivity. Climate Risk Management 49:100724.
dcterms.issued2025-06
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherElsevier
dcterms.subjectproductivity
dcterms.subjectclimate change
dcterms.subjectresilience
dcterms.subjectclimate services
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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