report sets the stage for the overall project by undertaking a review of the causes of vulnerability to drought in East … 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 …

manage drought risk: weather index insurance and a recently released drought-tolerant rice variety. We illustrate how these … tools can independently address drought risk and demonstrate the potential for these tools to be combined in a complementary … risk management product. Using a discrete choice experiment, we assess farmers’ preferences for these two tools …

-being of the country’s farmers. This brief is based on a study that examines the level of vulnerability to climate change in … South Africa’s farming sector by developing a nationwide provincial-level vulnerability profile. Particular attention is …

Connecting Markets for Poor Farmers/Nicholas Minot and Ruth Vargas Hill. 24.Climate Change: Pro-Poor Adaptation, Risk Management …

have been formed to assess the country's vulnerability to the adverse consequences of climate change, gauge current … change, assess the extent of the area's vulnerability, and help identify adaptation options. This brief is based on a paper …. These meetings explored stakeholders' perceptions of vulnerability to climate change and considered ways in which adaptation …

brief is based on a paper that analyzes the vulnerability of Ethiopian farmers to climate change by creating a vulnerability … index and comparing vulnerability indicators across regions. A regional vulnerability index can assist in identifying the …

income variance, which in turn can cause them to pursue costly risk-coping strategies and to fall below poverty trap … thresholds. For this reason, it is important to understand how a changing distribution of risk will lead to increased … vulnerability, not just decreased expected income. This brief is based on a paper that uses farm households' responses to climate …

have been formed to assess the country's vulnerability to the adverse consequences of climate change, gauge current … change, assess the extent of the area's vulnerability, and help identify adaptation options. This brief is based on a paper …. These meetings explored stakeholders' perceptions of vulnerability to climate change and considered ways in which adaptation …

brief is based on a paper that analyzes the vulnerability of Ethiopian farmers to climate change by creating a vulnerability … index and comparing vulnerability indicators across regions. A regional vulnerability index can assist in identifying the …