Climate change and livestock production in SubSaharan Africa: Effects and transmission channels

This article assesses the effect of climate change on livestock production in Sub- Saharan Africa, for a sample of 45 countries over the period 2000–2021. Using a two- factor fixed effects panel data model, our results obtained by the two-way fixed effects estimator show that (i) climate change negatively influences live- stock production through high temperatures, while abundant rainfall is ben- eficial. (ii) Through transmission channels, we find that maize price volatility exacerbates the...