and ex post agricultural risk due to weather-related variability and shocks. We use data on the migration patterns of … individuals over a 20-year period and temperature degree-days to identify agricultural risk. Controlling for ex ante and ex post … risk, we find that households with higher ex ante risk are more likely to send migrants. Households facing hot shocks …

greater confidence in the process of setting agricultural research investment priorities." from Authors' Abstract …

whether demand behaves as predicted with respect to price, the basis of the hedge, and risk aversion using data from a … randomized control trial in which price and basis risk was varied for a series of hedging products offered to farmers. We find … that demand behaves as predicted, with demand falling with price and basis risk, and appearing hump-shaped in risk aversion …

study aims to explore the potential adoption of these risk-reducing technologies. Using discrete choice experiments …

in the agricultural sector. Agriculture is a high-risk endeavor in both regions, due to a combination of recurrent …, especially low access to input and output markets. These factors, combined with farmers’ high aversion to risk, stifle …

Farmers in rural Bangladesh face multiple sources of uninsured risk to agricultural production and household assets. In … group savings does not alter demand for insurance, though group savings is found to be a particularly popular risk …

educated, rich, and proactive individuals were more likely to purchase insurance. Risk aversion was associated with low … risk reduced demand for insurance, particularly when the price of the contract was high, and that provision of insurance …