Adaptation to climate change via adjustment in land leasing: Evidence from dryland wheat farms in the US Pacific Northwest

abstract

• 2018 Land leasing is a possible climate adaptation where risk is shared. We investigate how climate affects dryland wheat farmland rental patterns in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. Using farm-level agricultural census data, we study the relationships between climate and leasing arrangements. We find that increases in precipitation reduce leased land and increase the use of cash-rent leases, while increases in precipitation variability reduce the prevalence of cash-rent leases. Using medium and high greenhouse-gas emission-based climate projections we predict that, by 2050, leased acreage will decline by 23% and, respectively 29%.

authors

• Mccarl, Bruce

published proceedings

• LAND USE POLICY

author list (cited authors)

• Zhang, H., Mu, J. E., & McCarl, B. A.

citation count

• 3

complete list of authors

• Zhang, Hongliang||Mu, Jianhong E||McCarl, Bruce A

publication date

• December 2018

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Land Use Policy  Journal

keywords

• Adaptation
• Agriculture
• Climate Change
• Land Leasing
• Rental Contract
• Wheat

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.07.030

start page

• 424

end page

• 432

volume

• 79

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.07.030

user-defined tag

• 13 Climate Action
• 15 Life on Land