Publication: Managing Agricultural Production Risk : Innovations in Developing Countries
Date
2005-01
ISSN
Published
2005-01
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
This document presents innovations in
agricultural risk management for natural disaster risk, with
the focus on defining practical roles for governments of
developing countries and the World Bank in developing risk
management strategies. The paper includes the following
content: introduction; risk and risk management in
agriculture, including informal and formal mechanisms;
approaches to agricultural risk in developed countries;
innovation in managing production risk - index insurance;
new approaches to agricultural risk management in developing
countries; from theory to practice: pilot projects for
agricultural risk transfer in developing countries; and
potential roles for governments and the World Bank.
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Citation
“World Bank. 2005. Managing Agricultural Production Risk : Innovations in Developing Countries. © Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14434 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”