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This Risk Assessment Study (RAS) provides a comprehensive mapping and assessment of agricultural risks in Uganda through a holistic approach. The report provides stakeholders with data and information on priority risks for Ugandan agriculture in order to develop appropriate policy solutions aimed at improving agricultural risk management (ARM) in the country. The guiding policy framework for this work is the recently developed Agricultural Sector Strategy Paper 2014/15-19/20 (ASSP).

Despite uneven performance, Senegal’s agricultural sector remains vital to the national economy. It accounts for roughly one-sixth of gross domestic product (GDP) and continues to be a major source of employment. Nearly three in five Senegalese (58 percent) live in rural areas and depend primarily on agriculture for their livelihood. Expanding the sector and achieving food self-sufficiency is one of the core pillars of the country’s economic development strategy, plan Senegal emergent.

This note examines agricultural risk in Mozambique and its impacts on crop production between 1992 and 2015. It summarizes the findings of an agricultural risk and solutions assessment carried out in 2013 and 2014 to prioritize risks based on their frequency and severity of impact, and to identify any areas of Mozambique’s existing agricultural risk management framework that can be improved. These findings led to a number of practical recommendations that can usefully inform strategic planning and policy formulation relating to risk in the country. 

There is a growing consensus among development community that the risk insurance can provide an effective risk management tool for mitigating the impacts of climatic and non-climatic disasters. Several risk insurance initiatives have been implemented at grassroots level for reducing the vulnerability of communities to disasters in most of the countries in Asia and the Pacific over the years.

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promoting-risk-financing-asia-pacific-lessons-agri-insurance_0.pdf

Volatility in agriculture is expected to increase – production volatility, mostly driven by climate change as well as price volatility, due to higher production volatility, a tight supply/demand balance, volatile energy prices, and other factors. The responsibility to manage risks is increasingly in farmers’ hands. The EU’s Common Agricultural Policy is undergoing major reform towards greater market orientation. Tighter budgets as well as environmental and trade consider- ations have led to the reduction of market interventions.

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Risk management in agriculture Towards market solutions in the EU.pdf

Many small and mid-size farm operators compete successfully in today’s agricultural marketplace by supplying specialty farm products. Growing  numbers of consumers and commercial buyers are interested in purchasing farm products with specific qualities.

En relación con este tema vale la pena examinar cuál es la demanda efectiva, en particular entre pequeños agricultores de países en vía de desarrollo, de una combinación entre una protección contra seguro de cosecha y una cobertura de riesgos de precios. Tal forma de garantía de rentas, como se emplea en los EE.UU., presenta un tipo de producto de seguro que se está haciendo muy popular en economías agrícolas desarrolladas.

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slangen_esp.pdf

El tipo y la gravedad de los riesgos que afrontan los agricultores son especialmente onerosos para aquellos que trabajan en pequeña escala en países en desarrollo. A menos que sean manejados adecuadamente, los riesgos agrícolas retrasan el desarrollo económico, impiden la reducción de la pobreza y contribuyen a las crisis humanitarias.

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Indice Climatico.pdf

There has been widespread concern for many years over the very abstract nature of orthodox economic theory, especially that of the neo-classical school which has dominated the profession since the late 19th century. Such disquiet is frequently felt among non-economists, but a great many dissident economists have also expressed their disquiet over the years. A large part of the difficulty centres on the concept of “perfect competition”, not least the explicit removal from the basic theory of economics of the notion of market power.

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Price_Formation_etc_Good.pdf