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Agricultural Commodity Risk Management: Policy Options and Practical Instruments with Emphasis on the Tea Economy

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Publication date
12/05/2010
Number of Pages
32
Language:
English
Type of Publication:
Other
Focus Region:
Global
Focus Topic:
Market / Trade
Type of Risk:
Market-related
Type of Risk Managment Option:
Risk reduction/mitigation
Risk transfer
Risk coping
Commodity:
Crops
Author
Alexander Sarris
Organization
University of Athens, Greece

Presentation at the Intergovernmental Group of Tea, nineteenth session, Delhi India, May 12, 2010:

  • Background and motivation
  • Risks faced by rural households
  • Risks in the tea economy
  • Agricultural productivity and credit
  • Constraints to expanding intermediate input use in agriculture
  • The demand for commodity price insurance
  • The demand for weather insurance
  • Operationalizing the use of price and weather insurance
  • Possibilities for the tea economy
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