The econometric model reveals that an increase in temperatures and a poor spread of rainfall throughout the growing season have a damaging impact on the mean of crop yields; and simultaneously, an increase in precipitation (or a reduction in the severity of drought) is beneficial to crop yields. Furthermore, I find significant evidence to conclude that precipitation and temperature are risk-increasing in maize production. In contrast, precipitation is risk-increasing and temperature is risk-decreasing in millet and sorghum production, respectively.