Agricultural risk management

Review and Analysis of Agricultural Natural Disaster Relief System

Min-Hsien Yang
Introduction The agricultural industry is highly risky. It is risky because the unpredictable weather conditions and recent climate changes cause unstable quality and quantity of agricultural production outputs. It is normal for a farmer to make a living highly dependent on weather conditions. If...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agricultural risk management
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Massive Yield Drop of China’s Super Hybrid Rice

  In the 1990s, China launched an initiative to cultivate a super high-yield hybrid rice in an effort to feed 20% of the world population with only 7% of its arable lands. Yuan Longpin, an agricultural scientist and educator, was designated as leader of the research team.  Under Yuan’s leadership...
Country: China Topic: Agricultural risk management
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Republic Act 10121: An Approach in Strengthening Disaster Risk Reduction and Management in the Philippines

Albert P. Aquino, Carl Rookie O. Daquio, Princess Alma B. Ani
Republic Act 10121: An Approach in Strengthening Disaster Risk Reduction and Management in the Philippines[1]   Princess Alma B. Ani, Carl Rookie O. Daquio, and Albert P. Aquino[2]   Introduction The Philippines as an archipelago is highly exposed to natural hazards...
Country: Philippines Topic: Agricultural risk management
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Multiple Responses to Stopping Irrigation on Farmland in 2015 in Taiwan

Min-Hsien Yang, I Han
Min-Hsien Yang1 and I Han2 1Professor 2Assistant Professor Dept. of International Trade Feng Chia University No. 100, Wenhwa Road, Seatwen, Taichung 40724 Taiwan, ROC   Because of the rainfall shortage during the second half year of 2014, the major water reservoirs...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agricultural risk management
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Agricultural Disaster Insurance Policy in Indonesia

Tahlim Sudaryanto
Tahlim Sudaryanto Senior Agricultural Economist, Indonesian Center for Agricultural Socio Economic and Policy Studies, Ministry of Agriculture, email:tahlim@indo.net.id   Introduction Indonesia is one of the countries that are prone to natural disasters affect agriculture due to...
Country: Indonesia Topic: Agricultural risk management
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