Risk aversion, rural financial markets and the demand for crop insurance
Titre alternatif
Conference on Agricultural Risks, Insurance and Credit in Latin America San José (Costa Rica) 8-10 Feb 1982.
Description
801 páginas
Résumé
24 ref.
The paper starts with the observation that the market for yield insurance of agricultural commodities has failed universally, even in the most developed countries. Section I shows that failure of the markets does not arise from lack of demand for consumption and/or. Section II shows that the main theme of the paper will be the rigorous explotation of the causes of the serious difficulties of both the credit market in rural areas as well as the yield insurance market; besides, it is discussed a number of empirical and preliminary issues which impinge heavily on the benefits of crop insurance and which could arise potentially even in the fairy tale world mentioned in this paper. Third, it is discussed alternative means for stabilizing agricultural incomes such as crop diversification, agronomic practices, and price stabilization. The document concludes in the final section with some conclusions.
Keywords
Crédito||credit||crédito||crédit, Subsidios||subsidies||subsídio||subvention, Comunidades rurales||rural communities||comunidade rural||communauté rurale, Análisis de riesgos||risk analysis||análise do risco||analyse du risque, Incentivos||incentives||incentivo||incitation, Estabilización de precios||price stabilization||estabilização dos preços||stabilisation des prix,
Delegation
Representación Costa Rica
Éditeur
Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA)
URI (Lien permanent pour citer ou partager cet élément)
https://repositorio.iica.int/handle/11324/10499Collections
Les fichiers de licence suivants sont associés à ce document :
Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
-
Ruris Revista do Centro de Estudos Rurais
Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Instituto de Filosofi a e Ciências Humanas, Campinas (Brasil) (UNICAMP); Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Ministerio do Desenvolvimento Agrario, Brasilia (Brasil) (MDA) (Unicamp/IFCH, 2008)Contém artigos abordando as questões de educação no campo, juventude rural, sindicalização no campo, agricultura orgânica, representação territorial e agricultura familiar, capital social, geotecnologia no planejamento de ... -
Consulta interamericana sobre juventud rural: informe técnico
Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Consejo Asesor Interamericano de Juventudes Rurales (República Dominicana). (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1995)El presente documento contiene un resumen de todas las conferencias y los estudios de caso presentados durante los tres días de la Consulta. Además, incluye los resúmen de las relatorías de las deliberaciones realizada por ... -
Agenda para el futuro: Balance y perspectivas del desarrollo rural en América Latina y el Caribe una visión desde el IICA
Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA); Araujo, Jose Emilio G (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1982)Libro escrito por el director general José Emilio Araujo. La obra intenta sistematizar algunos de Ios componentes de Ia doctrina institucional y ubicarlos en un contexto más amplio, junto con el conjunto de ideas, mandatos ...