Several measures of vulnerability to poverty have been suggested in the literature. In practise, only little is known about the robustness of vulnerability comparisons based on these often quite specific measures. The theory of stochastic orders can be applied to shed some light on such issues....

The paper analyzes the relationship between the allocation of labor and land, the number of crops grown and income sources of rural households in Vietnam and different types of shocks and risks. It uses the data from the first phase of the household survey in three provinces of Central of...

This paper assesses the impact of risks and shocks on household welfare in the Hadejia-Nguru Wetlands in Nigeria. We use estimated income loss in consumption equations to assess the impact. Our findings identify death of an adult member, drought, and social conflict as important shocks in the...

Bt cotton has been cultivated in China for the past 10 years. Limitations of previous studies analyzing the impact of this technology are the short time period considered and lack of panel data. In this paper, we present findings from monitoring 150 Bt cotton farmers in 2002 and 2005....

Accurate poverty assessments in developing countries require efforts to collect detailed household level data. Especially in Africa, such procedures are time consuming, expensive and can be subject to numerous constraints. In this paper we discuss the procedure of the collection of data on...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of farmers’ risk perceptions regarding rubber farming on their land use choices, including rubber specialization and crop diversification. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional survey data of some 600 smallholder rubber farmers...

With the current global crisis, high levels of volatility in trade, capital flows, commodity prices, aid, and the looming threat of climate change, this book brings together high-quality research and presents conceptual issues and empirical results to analyze the determinants of the...

Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables -- Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- 1 Introduction and Key Messages -- Part I Conceptual and Measurement Issues in Vulnerability Research -- 2 Defining and Measuring Vulnerability: State of the Art...

Eine Umstellung auf ökologischen Anbau bedarf einer sorgfältigen Planung, weil sie den Charakter einer Investition aufweist. Mit Beginn der Umstellung fallen relativ hohe Kosten durch notwendige Anschaffungen im Maschinen- und Lagerbereich an, da sofort mit Beginn der Umstellung nach den...