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Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Saha, Nirmal Kanti (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1974-07-16
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05077
Journal Title:
Kurukshetra
Journal Title Details:
22 (1974 July 16) : 10-11
Notes:
Evans, cited reference
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Aditya, K.S. (author), Khan, Md. Tajuddin (author), and Kishore, Avinash (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2018
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10284
Journal Title:
Agricultural Economics Research Review
Journal Title Details:
31(2) : 163-174
Notes:
Via journal online., Agriculture is inherently a risky enterprise because of its dependence on rainfall. To mitigate
risks, farmers diversify crops and enterprises, maintain stabilization account or resort to the sale of assets. Crop insurance is a complementary institutional mechanism that aids farmers to cope with risks better.Considering the importance of crop insurance in risk mitigation, this paper using data from a large-scale farmers’ survey we identify the factors that influence farmers’ decision to buy crop insurance and subsequently assess its impact on farm income, production expenses and productive investments in agriculture. Farmers’ adoption of crop insurance is low— 4.80% kharif season and 3.17% in the rabi season mainly on account of lack of awareness about insurance products. Nevertheless, the probability of adoption of insurance is higher for those who experience higher crop loss and have some formal training in agriculture. The subsidy on premium also positively influences crop insurance uptake decisions. On the other hand, the factors like the lower social status, tenant farming and exposure to deficit-rainfall in the previous year are negatively associated with the decision to insure. The results on the impact of insurance are not conclusive to prove that insured farmer subsumes higher risks compared to the uninsured.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Ahmed, Rahim Uddin (author)
Format:
Ph.D. Dissertation
Publication Date:
1987
Published:
Bangladesh
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 118 Document Number: C13377
Journal Title:
Dissertation Abstracts International
Journal Title Details:
<48(09): 2224>
Notes:
109 p., University of Columbia
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Bennett, J. McL. (author) and Cattle, S.R. (author)
Format:
Journal article abstract
Publication Date:
2013
Published:
Australia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: D05678
Journal Title:
Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension
Journal Title Details:
19(4) : 407-426
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Rasouliazar, Soleiman (author) and Fealy, Saeid (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2013-06
Published:
Iran
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 190 Document Number: D02383
Journal Title:
International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development
Journal Title Details:
3(2) : 73-82
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Wauters, E. (author) and Mathijs, E. (author)
Format:
Journal article abstract
Publication Date:
2013
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: D05671
Journal Title:
Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension
Journal Title Details:
19(1) : 53-72
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Faulkner, Paula E. (author), Owooh, Bismark (author), and Idassi, Joshua (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2014-10
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 140 Document Number: D06040
Journal Title:
Journal of Extension
Journal Title Details:
52(5) : 5RIB7
Notes:
7 pages.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Belder, Paul (author), Rohrbach, David (author), Twomlow, Steve (author), and Senzanje, Aiden (author)
Format:
Abstract
Publication Date:
2007
Published:
Zimbabwe
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 188 Document Number: D01408
Journal Title:
Journal of SAT Agricultural Research
Journal Title Details:
5(1)
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Chopde, S.R. (author), Rahudkar, W.B. (author), and College of Agriculture, Nagpur, India; College of Agriculture, Nagpur, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1960-06
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05032
Journal Title:
Indian Journal of Social Work
Journal Title Details:
21 (1) : 67-73
Notes:
Evans, cited reference
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Rahudkar, W.B. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1960-12
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05033
Journal Title:
Indian Journal of Social Work
Journal Title Details:
21 (3) : 297-298
Notes:
Evans, cited reference