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Informed climate adaptation: Input and output subsidies for shaded cocoa

Informed climate adaptation: Input and output subsidies for shaded cocoa

Working paper 19 Mar 2025 Sustainable Growth and Farms

This working paper studies how information shapes climate adaptation under different subsidy schemes for cocoa farmers in Ghana, where forest tree planting for shade is encouraged as an adaptation strategy.

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Informed climate adaptation: Input and output subsidies for shaded cocoa

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Yunyu Shu

Assistant Professor, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

Jiayue Zhang

PhD Candidate, Economics, Brown University
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