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Agricultural Commodity Risk Management: Policy Options and Practical Instruments with Emphasis on the Tea Economy

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Publication date
10/05/2010
Number of Pages
43
Language:
English
Type of Publication:
Other
Focus Region:
Global
Focus Topic:
Market / Trade
Type of Risk:
Market-related
Type of Risk Managment Option:
Risk assessment
Risk coping
Commodity:
Crops
Author
Alexander Sarris
Organization
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

The background and motivation for this presentation are demonstrated in its outline as follows:

• Risks faced by rural households

• Risks in the tea economy

• Agricultural productivity and credit

• Constraints to expanding intermediate input use in agriculture

• The demand for commodity price insurance

• The demand for weather insurance

• Operationalizing the use of price and weather insurance

• Possibilities for the tea economy