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Risk aversion in low-income countries: Experimental evidence from Ethiopia
Yesuf, Mahmud; Bluffstone, Randy - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"Agricultural production remains the main source of livelihood for rural communities in Sub-Saharan Africa, providing employment to more than 60 percent of the population and contributing about 30 percent of gross domestic product. With likely long-term changes in rainfall patterns and shifting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996796
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How can African agriculture adapt to climate change?: Insights from Ethiopia and South Africa
Ringler, Claudia; Shewmake, Sharon; Deressa, Temesgen; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
Strzepek, Mark Rosegrant, and Xinshen Diao Brief 16: Risk Aversion in Low-Income Countries: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996801
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Risk aversion in low-income countries: Experimental evidence from Ethiopia [in Amharic]
Yesuf, Mahmud; Bluffstone, Randy - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"Agricultural production remains the main source of livelihood for rural communities in Sub-Saharan Africa, providing employment to more than 60 percent of the population and contributing about 30 percent of gross domestic product. With likely long-term changes in rainfall patterns and shifting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996807
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Risk aversion in low income countries: Experimental evidence from Ethiopia
Yesuf, Mahmud; Bluffstone, Randy - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
farm households are therefore made within environments that are affected by risk. Because of poorly developed or absent … involve risk. Better understanding risk behavior will be essential for identifying appropriate farm-level strategies for … adaptation to climate change by low-income farmers. Despite risk's potentially central role in farm investment decisions, there …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037980
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Market and climatic risks and farmers' investment in productive assets under the Second Fadama Development Project in Nigeria:
Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Yamauchi, Futoshi - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
and commodity prices. Because most farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa are risk-averse, they may be willing to invest in … hypothesis. Under the Fadama II, farmers facing higher rainfall risk (coefficient of variation in annual rainfall) were more … likely to invest in irrigation pumps that can mitigate the impact of rainfall risk, and those facing higher risks on white …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008862362
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Organizational and institutional issues in climate change adaptation and risk management: Insights from practitioners’ survey in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Mali
Ragasa, Catherine; Sun, Yan; Bryan, Elizabeth; Abate, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
This report provides some reflections and insights on the level of awareness, practices, and organizational and institutional issues being faced by countries as they adapt to climate change, based on interviews with 87 practitioners working in government agencies, local organizations,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132658
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Farmer preferences for drought tolerance in hybrid versus inbred rice: Evidence from Bihar, India:
Ward, Patrick S.; Ortega, David L.; Spielman, David J.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
This paper addresses the previously unanswered question of whether the private sector might play a future role in developing similar strains through applications of advanced biotechnology, and whether their research and development efforts would benefit poor and vulnerable farmers in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132661
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Drought risk reduction in agriculture: A review of adaptive strategies in East Africa and the Indo-Gangetic plain of South Asia:
Cenacchi, Nicola - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
in the agricultural sector. Agriculture is a high-risk endeavor in both regions, due to a combination of recurrent …, especially low access to input and output markets. These factors, combined with farmers’ high aversion to risk, stifle …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132664
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The value of customized insurance for farmers in rural Bangladesh:
Clarke, Danielle; Das, Narayan C.; de Nicola, Francesca; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Farmers in rural Bangladesh face multiple sources of uninsured risk to agricultural production and household assets. In … group savings does not alter demand for insurance, though group savings is found to be a particularly popular risk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132717
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GM agricultural technologies for Africa: A state of affairs
Chambers, Judith A.; Zambrano, Patricia; Falck-Zepeda, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The African Development Bank (AfDB), in commissioning this report to be prepared by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), highlighted the need for a comprehensive, evidenced-based review of agricultural biotechnology in order to better understand its current status, issues,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132814