The impact of climate change on agriculture and economic growth in Cameroon

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; line-height: 120%; layout-grid-mode: char; mso-layout-grid-align: none; punctuation-wrap: simple; margin: 12.0pt 0cm 6.0pt 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 120%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">T</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 120%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">he agricultural sector is both one of the key sectors of the Cameroonian economy and the one most influenced by the climate. As indicated in the fifth report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the increase in the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the rise in temperature, changes in rainfall patterns, changes in cloud cover, etc., will continue to change. But how does climate change affect agricultural activities and influence economic growth in Cameroon? The aim of this article is to analyze the impact of climate change on agricultural production and on economic growth in Cameroon over the period 1990–2020. To achieve this objective, a stochastic production function model developed by Just and Pope was used. We also used CO<sub>2</sub> emissions as a proxy for climate change. The results obtained clearly show that the increase in CO<sub>2</sub> emissions has a negative impact on agricultural production and on economic growth.</span></p>