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Orphan crops and the vulnerability of rural livelihoods : the case of enset in Ethiopia

Feyisa, Ashenafi Duguma; De Mey, Yann; Maertens, Miet - In: Q open : a journal of agricultural, climate, … 2 (2022) 2, pp. 1-29

This study examines the role of enset or false banana, an orphan crop with high resilience to extreme environmental conditions, high nutritional value, and long storability, in the livelihood of rural households in Ethiopia. With its specific characteristics, enset could reduce households'...

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From farm to market : impacts of climate shocks on selected agricultural value chains in Ethiopia

Yitbarek, Eleni; Tesfaye, Wondimagegn - 2025

While many of the studies to date have focused on the production end of the value chain-i.e., ways to help farmers grow more food, there is limited evidence regarding the impacts of climate shocks on the other stages of agricultural value chains. Recognizing that food security is not just an...

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Weathering shocks : the effects of weather shocks on farm input use in sub-Saharan Africa

Nsabimana, Aimable - 2022

food production. In regions such as sub-Saharan Africa, where agriculture is the major source of household livelihoods … fertilizer use reduces much more in drought-prone areas than in less drought-prone areas during growing seasons. I also find that … purposively reduce farm investments, including yield-enhancing technology such as chemical fertilizer, hence worsening adverse …

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Risk management and coping strategies : climate change and agriculture in the Philippines

Ravago, Majah-Leah V.; Roumasset, James Alan; Jandoc, … - 2015

We provide an initial framework regarding priorities for government programs to reduce the natural-disaster vulnerability of farm households in the Philippines. We begin with the likelihood that climate change will increase the probability of flooding, since rainfall is expected to both increase...

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The relationship between farmers' shock experiences and their uncertainty preferences - experimental evidence from Mexico

Freudenreich, Hanna; Mußhoff, Oliver; Wiercinski, Ben - 2017

A farmer’s uncertainty preferences can play a large role in how he makes production decisions on the farm. We attempt to understand how farmers’ household characteristics as well as past harvest shocks affect uncertainty preferences of maize farmers in southern Mexico. By using a series of...

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Remittances, informal loans, and assets as risk-coping mechanisms : evidence from agricultural households in rural Philippines

Pajaron, Marjorie C. - 2014

This paper investigates whether agricultural households in rural Philippines insure their consumption and whether they use remittances, informal loans, or assets as ex post risk-coping mechanisms. Since these households have limited access to formal insurance and credit markets, any shocks to...

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Revisiting the demand and profitability of chemical fertilizers amid global fuel-food-fertilizer crisis : evidence from Ethiopia

Assefa, Thomas; Berhane, Guush; Abate, Gashaw Tadesse; … - 2024

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Macroeconomic Shocks, Human Capital and Productive Efficiency : Evidence from West African Farmers

Barrett, Christopher B.; Sherlund, Shane M.; Adesina, … - 2003

Little empirical work has quantified the transitory effects of macroeconomic shocks on farm-level production behavior. We develop a simple analytical model to explain how macroeconomic shocks might temporarily divert managerial attention, thereby affecting farm-level productivity, but perhaps to...

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Digital labour platforms as shock absorbers : evidence from COVID-19

Jones, Sam; Manhique, Ivan - 2022

Digital labour platforms have grown five-fold over the last decade, enabling significant expansion in gig work worldwide. We interrogate the criticism that these platforms tend to amplify aggregate economic shocks for registered users (workers). Based on the universe of records from a matching...

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Natural disasters and climate change : innovative solutions in financial risk management

Durante, Juan José (ed.); Rosillo, Rafael (ed.) - 2020

This book presents a technical approach to promoting the development of disaster and climate change risk financing and transfer strategies, and discusses several practical issues, chiefly focusing on Latin America and the Caribbean. Innovative risk financing and insurance mechanisms are vital...

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