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Risk aversion in low-income countries: Experimental evidence from Ethiopia
Yesuf, Mahmud; Bluffstone, Randy - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"Agricultural production remains the main source of livelihood for rural communities in Sub-Saharan Africa, providing employment to more than 60 percent of the population and contributing about 30 percent of gross domestic product. With likely long-term changes in rainfall patterns and shifting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996796
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How can African agriculture adapt to climate change?: Insights from Ethiopia and South Africa
Ringler, Claudia; Shewmake, Sharon; Deressa, Temesgen; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
Strzepek, Mark Rosegrant, and Xinshen Diao Brief 16: Risk Aversion in Low-Income Countries: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996801
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Risk aversion in low-income countries: Experimental evidence from Ethiopia [in Amharic]
Yesuf, Mahmud; Bluffstone, Randy - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"Agricultural production remains the main source of livelihood for rural communities in Sub-Saharan Africa, providing employment to more than 60 percent of the population and contributing about 30 percent of gross domestic product. With likely long-term changes in rainfall patterns and shifting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996807
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Risk aversion in low income countries: Experimental evidence from Ethiopia
Yesuf, Mahmud; Bluffstone, Randy - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
farm households are therefore made within environments that are affected by risk. Because of poorly developed or absent … involve risk. Better understanding risk behavior will be essential for identifying appropriate farm-level strategies for … adaptation to climate change by low-income farmers. Despite risk's potentially central role in farm investment decisions, there …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037980
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Market and climatic risks and farmers' investment in productive assets under the Second Fadama Development Project in Nigeria:
Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Yamauchi, Futoshi - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
and commodity prices. Because most farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa are risk-averse, they may be willing to invest in … hypothesis. Under the Fadama II, farmers facing higher rainfall risk (coefficient of variation in annual rainfall) were more … likely to invest in irrigation pumps that can mitigate the impact of rainfall risk, and those facing higher risks on white …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008862362
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Agroforestry, nutrition, and health: understanding the links between agriculture and health
Swallow, Brent M.; Ochola, Sophie - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
, including fruits and leaves; E—changes in ecosystem structure and function that affect disease risk and transmission; and R …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997023
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Simulating the impact of climate change and adaptation strategies on farm productivity and income: A bioeconomic analysis
Fofana, Ismael - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
This study applied at the farm level in Tunisia aims at understanding the effects of climate change on agricultural productivity and income in Africa. Possible future climates are presented through different climate scenarios. The latter combines three levels of increasing temperature...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009189424
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Agriculture and health in the policymaking process: understanding the links between agriculture and health
Benson, Todd - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"Earlier briefs in this series make the case that there is added value for the agricultural and health sectors in working more closely together to address problems of human well-being that fall at the intersection of the two sectors. Yet the divisions between the two sectors are wide and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996874
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Adoption of weather index insurance: Learning from willingness to pay among a panel of households in rural Ethiopia
Hill, Ruth Vargas; Hoddinott, John; Kumar, Neha - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850561
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Resilience Programming among Nongovernmental Organizations: Lessons for Policymakers
Frankenberger, Timothy R.; Constas, Mark A.; Nelson, Suzanne - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This food policy report reviews resilience processes, activities, and outcomes by examining a number of case studies of initiatives by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to enhance resilience capacity, and draws implications for policymakers and other stakeholders looking to strengthen resilience.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933124