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This study examined the impact of climate change on the output of
the agricultural sector in Economic Community of West African States
(ECOWAS) using 2002–2015 annual panel climatic dataset under the
framework of a cross-country agricultural production model. The study
accounted for climate change using variations in rainfall and temperature, while
model estimation was based on both fixed effect and panel two-stage
least-squares techniques. The results indicate that while variations in rainfall
exert positive and significant influence on agricultural output in ECOWAS, the
influence of temperature variations is negative and insignificant. Other
non-negligible output drivers in the agricultural sector in the sub-region are
capital and labour. The study concludes that the adoption of agricultural
techniques that optimise water use through increased and improved irrigation
systems will enhance the output of the sector in ECOWAS.
