strong impact of the policy measures on the production, procurement, stocks and trade. We detected several market distortions … storage losses for rice (10%) than for wheat (2%). Strong crowding out effects of the public stocks on private stocks and … negative impact of export restrictions on private ending stocks was found. Total exports are highly distorted by the trade …

farmers' needs, expensive, benefiting agro-business, risk of decreased biodiversity), but does indicate that contamination of …

, and on attributes associated with both business arrangements. Risk-averse farmers should be willing to pay a risk premium … for the reduction in price risk provided by a contract. Farmers with a preference for "autonomy" should be willing to pay … and own the commodity they produce. The benefits to growers from contracting (such as risk reduction) may be over …

Risk and uncertainty in a water market will generate trading patterns that differ from those expected under conditions … generated by differences in risk. Some farmers will choose to reduce relative risk by purchasing additional water rights whereas … permanent rights markets, farmers who are better able to bear risk are more likely to participate in the spot market than those …

management strategy for several levels of risk aversion. Research Methods Hard red winter wheat grain yield data were produced in … included the per acre cost of chemical as well as the per acre rental rate for ground application. Risk analysis was conducted … treatment cost that would entice wheat producers to use fungicide for several levels of risk aversion. Potential for Generating …

availability. Hence stochastic rainfall poses considerable production risk in the region and developing strategies to maximize the … optimal decisions were not sensitive to variations in price of cotton lint and farmer’s attitude towards risk. …

conclude that the cost of forward contracting for January delivery is partly compensation for the counterparty risk borne by … soybeans for January delivery. This indicates that cash flow risk may be more important than risk of default by the farmer …