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 …

This article examines the relationship between caste, land ownership and agricultural
productivity in India, utilising data from a large-scale survey of farm households. Access to …

Crop abandonment is when farmers decide not to harvest their previously planted crop.
There is limited but emerging literature on crop abandonment or failure predominantly …

Our understanding of climate-induced crop failure and crop abandonment is limited at
present. This study surveyed theoretical and empirical literature on climate-induced crop …

In this study, we identify and quantify various types of risks associated with the rice-based
production system in Odisha using both secondary and primary data. The data was collected …

Agriculture is dangerous in India due to output and price instability. Crop insurance helps
farmers by stabilizing agricultural profits, encouraging them to farm, lowering debt and …

Agriculture is dangerous in India due to output and price instability. Crop insurance helps
farmers by stabilizing agricultural profits, encouraging them to farm, lowering debt and …

The model of agriculture that is supposed to have originated from foraging has dramatically
changed (Conwy, 2004). There have been many agrarian movements that changed human …

ADJ-07 to the Assam Agricultural University, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the
degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Agriculture) in the discipline of Agricultural Economics and …