environment. For poor farmers in developing countries, inappropriate use of pesticides is known to be a serious problem. To … expenditure of conventional farmers is 56% higher than organic farmers. The burden of health expenditures is also … conventional farmers than organic farmers. Among households with health expenditure exceeding 40% of discretionary expenditure, the …

From 2009 to 2011, the Thai government implemented an income guarantee program for rice, tapioca and maize farmers …. Essentially, this program added a non-negative but stochastic component to the incomes of registered farmers. We evaluate the … impact of the program on risk attitudes and investment behavior of small-scale rice farmers in relatively poor North …