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The Role of Information Networks Along the Poultry Value Chain

Mapping the flow of information along the poultry value chain is crucial for the identification of […]
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Policies and Strategies to Address the Vulnerability of Pastoralists in Sub-Saharan Africa

Pastoralism is the key agricultural production system in the drylands and, as drylands constitute nearly half […]
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Measuring Risk Attitudes among Mozambican Farmers

Although farmers in developing countries are generally thought to be risk averse, little is known about […]
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Insecticides for tsetse and trypanosomiasis control: is the environmental risk acceptable?

Tsetse control technology, as well as the science of environmental impact and risk assessment, has come […]
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A Qualitative Assessment of Weather Indexed Crop Insurance in Ethiopia

This study assesses the potential of weather indexed crop insurance (WICI) to help smallholders cope with […]
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Modelling production risk in small scale subsistence agriculture

In this paper we are investigating how production risk may influence the way a risk averse […]
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Rural Resilience Initiative: Innovations in Risk Management and Disaster Risk Reduction

This presentation by Kimberly Pfeifer (Oxfam America) was part of the Feed The Future CSO Stakeholder […]
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Managing Risk in Agriculture: Policy Assessment and Design

This book examines the implications of risk management for policy in agriculture. Opening with a chapter […]
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Risk and regulation of emerging price volatility of non-staple agricultural commodity in China

The development of agriculture penetrated in China’s history but recently has to face emerging challenge of […]
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Soil and water conservation technologies: a buffer against production risk in the face of climate change? Insights from the Nile basin in Ethiopia

This study investigates the impact of different soil and water conservation (SWC) technologies on the variance […]
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Risk and Vulnerability Considerations in Poverty Analysis : Recent Advances and Future Directions

In the recent past, growing attention has been devoted to the attempt to correctly include considerations […]
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Where are Food Prices Heading

Food prices are reaching record highs, which raises concerns about spending capacity, hunger, political turmoil and […]
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Managing Risk in Agriculture: a Holistic Approach

The sources of risk in agriculture are numerous and diverse. These range from events related to climate […]
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Index Insurance for Climate Risk Management & Poverty Reduction: Topics for Discussion

Prepared for a policy roundtable, hosted by  Swiss Re and The International Research Institute  for Climate […]
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Farm Level Analysis of Risk and Risk Management Strategies and Policies Cross Country Analysis

This Working Paper presents the work on farm-level analysis of risk management environment, strategies and policies. […]
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Migratory responses to agricultural risk in Northern Nigeria

This paper investigates the extent to which northern Nigerian households engage in internal migration to insure […]
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Good practice examples for disaster risk reduction in Cuban Agriculture

The vulnerability of the Caribbean region to hydro- meteorological hazards such as hurricanes, floods, drought, high […]
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Hazards of Nature, Risks to Development: An IEG Evaluation of World Bank Assistance for Natural Disasters

Countries need to become more proactive rather than reactive, and Bank support to countries must do […]
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AgroInsurance.com

This site is a specialized informational and analytical resource featuring a broad array of issues related to agricultural insurance and […]