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Enabling Environment Risk Management in the Rice Sector

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Publication date
23/11/2016
Number of Pages
2
Language:
English
Type of Publication:
Working Papers & Briefs
Focus Region:
Latin America & the Caribbean
Sub-Saharan Africa
Focus Topic:
Climate / Weather / Environment
Type of Risk:
Biological & environmental
Type of Risk Managment Option:
Risk reduction/mitigation
Commodity:
Crops
Author
Forum for Agricultural Risk Management in Development (FARMD)
Organization
Forum for Agricultural Risk Management in Development (FARMD)

This two pager comprised of articles submitted to the FARMD Featured Topic on Enabling Environment Risk in Rice provides a brief introduction into some of the key enabling environment risks facing the rice sector globally. This Topic shares the experience, insight, and research of practitioners and academics working and researching in this space. Authors include representatives from the World Food Program, the World Bank, and the University of Arkansas.

Enabling environment risk can be classified as any abrupt changes in government or business regulations, macro-economic environment, trade restrictions, political situations, or violence and conflict which can result in shocks to an agricultural sector resulting in fluctuations in commodity performance and possible financial losses.