The effects of drought management on farmers revenues in France

Maxime Zwartjes

Master's thesis

Abstract:

Global warming is pressuring water supply and demand all around the world. France does not constitute an exception, facing water shortages more often, which create conflicts around the reparation of the water resources. Farmers are the most concerned as they are the biggest consumers of water. Thus, questioning the effects that drought have on agricultural production thus on their revenue. The prolific literature on the subject offered a proper idea of the differences between metrological, hydrological, agricultural, and socio-economical droughts and the ways to assess the phenomenon. To have a good understanding of the questions, three databases were compiled into a panel database covering twelve years and ten variables. After an analysis showing the growing prefectural reaction and a comparison with metrological data, different linear regressions were computed. Providing results on the relationship between maximum temperature and the fall of revenue of farms.

Keywords

Drought, Agricultural Water Management, Farmers Revenue, FADN, Prefectural Decrees, Econometric Modelling

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 3. 4. 2024

Thesis defence

• Date of defence: 30. 5. 2024
• Supervisor: Ing. Karel Malec, Ph.D.
• Reader: Jana Skřivánková, B.E., externi

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Economics and Management

Master programme:
European Agrarian Diplomacy