Kumara Charyulu, D and Rao, K P C (2010) Nature and magnitude of risk in the semi-arid tropics (SAT) of India - a case of Mahabubnagar District in Andhra Pradesh. Agricultural Situation in India, 66 (10). pp. 575-580.
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Abstract
Agriculture in the Semi-Arid Tropics (SAT) is almost universally characterized by low farmer investment in agricultural inputs such as fertilizers, pesticides and seeds. Even labor inputs and investments in land improvements and irrigation are usually low compared with other regions of the developing world. Many researchers have carried out research aimed at testing whether these low investment levels are partly or fully caused by the risky nature of agriculture in these areas or by the risky nature of farmers (Binswanger etal, 1979). Risk and risk aversion of farmers is not the only potential source of low investment or “underinvestment”; it could also result from generally low profitability (measured as expected returns) or from credit constraints. To establish that it is risk or risk aversion that lead to underinvestment, empirical knowledge on these questions is required. Risks are inescapable in any agriculture..
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| Agro Tags: | <b>Agrotags</b> - crops | byproducts | vegetables | sorghum bicolor | rice | chickpeas | diseases | finger millet | marketing | cotton <br><b>Fishtags</b> - NOT-AVAILABLE<br><b>Geopoliticaltags</b> - andhra pradesh | india | principe |
| Subjects: | Others > Information Science |
| Depositing User: | Siva Shankar |
| Date Deposited: | 25 May 2011 09:46 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Oct 2015 09:52 |
| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/34 |
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