Does Education Enhance Climate Resilience in Crop Production: Insights From Sub‐Saharan Africa

ABSTRACT Climate change threatens agriculture in Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA), where farming largely depends on rainfall and adaptive capacity remains limited. Although education is often seen as a tool for resilience, its role in SSA's agricultural production is unclear. This study investigates whether tertiary education mitigates the impact of climate variability on crop production across 28 SSA countries from 2012 to 2022. Using a fixed effects model with clustered standard errors, results show that higher temperatures significantly reduce crop output, while increased precipitation improves it. However, tertiary education has no statistically significant effect, either directly or through interaction with climate variables. Instead, GDP per capita, agricultural land and population are the main drivers of output. These findings suggest that structural factors outweigh formal higher education in building resilience. The study concludes that education must be more practical, climate‐focused and locally relevant, alongside stronger institutions and infrastructure, to enhance agricultural resilience in SSA.