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Weather Risk Management for Agriculture and Agri-Business in Developing Countries

Risk is a pervasive characteristic of life in developing countries, especially in rural areas. The economies […]

Global Climate Change and Food Security in South Asia: An Adaptation and Mitigation Framework

South Asia is home to nearly 22% of the world’s population, including 40% of the world’s […]

Featured Publication | Purpose and potential for commodity exchanges in African economies

Growing interest in commodity exchanges on the part of governments, donors, and the private sector in […]

An econometric investigation of impacts of sustainable land management practices on soil carbon and yield risk

The authors investigate the impacts of sustainable land management practices on soil carbon stocks and also […]

Do wheat futures returns exhibit long-range dependence?

The efficient market hypothesis, where asset prices follow a random walk and incorporate all relevant information, […]

Cropland use, yields, and droughts: spatial data modeling for Burkina Faso and Niger

For countries with recurrent droughts, the design of drought impact mitigation measures could benefit from analyses […]

The behavior of commodity prices in Ethiopia

In an attempt to identify price stabilization strategies and rationalize public intervention in buffering markets, this […]

Food security and agricultural development in sub-Saharan Africa

This study aimed at drawing attention to empirical and conceptual evidence to demonstrate and make the […]

Risk management of vulnerable rural households in southeast Asia

Access to formal insurance services is scarce in developing countries. Based on empirical evidence, major risks and […]

Innovative Payment Solutions in Agricultural Value Chain as a Means for Greater Financial Inclusion

The efforts for financial inclusion need to be designed with a vision beyond just the percentage […]

Ontology-based simulation in agricultural systems modeling

A methodology and applications of ontology-based simulation are presented. An environment for building simulations based on […]

An Exploratory Study on Agriculture Risk Management Based on Ontology

With the rapid growth of information resources and increasing individual demands of farmers, the problem of […]

Models of Agriculture Risk Management with Agriculture Ontology

With economic globalization and market-oriented agricultural economy, the impact factors of agricultural risks become more complicated. […]

Reflections on the global food crisis

The dramatic surge in food prices from 2005 to 2008 seriously threatened the world’s poor, who […]

Food security, farming, and climate change to 2050

As the global population grows and incomes in poor countries rise, so too, will the demand […]

Modern variety adoption and risk management in drought prone areas: insights from the sorghum farmers of eastern Ethiopia

Adoption rates of improved or modern varieties (MV) of sorghum in eastern Ethiopia are generally low. […]

Statistical Analysis of Rainfall Insurance Payouts in Southern India

Using 40 years of historical rainfall data, this paper estimates a distribution for payouts on rainfall […]

Innovative agricultural insurance products and schemes

Farmers are exposed year round to a variety of risks, both market-related, such as price variations, […]

Weather Index Insurance: The Case for South Africa

South African smallholder farmers are faced with high yield variability due to weather related perils such […]

Designing Weather Insurance Contracts for Farmers in Malawi, Tanzania, and Kenya

While traditional insurance insures against crop failure, index insurance insures for a specific event or risk, […]