The poverty trap hypothesis postulates that very low income individuals may be trapped in poverty because severe constraints give rise to behaviour that limits their ability to take up and benefit from new investments. Furthermore, the theory suggests that insurance and credit can serve as effective tools in counteracting the mechanisms that create this type of persistent poverty. In this study, using data obtained from two separate samples of farmers in the Western Cape, we explore the validity of this hypothesis in a South African context. One sample consists of organic farmers from Cape Town whilst the other comprises of conventional farmers from the Matzikama Municipality. We elicit behavioural traits; more specifically risk preferences...
Much has been written on the determinants of input and technology adoption in agriculture, with issu...
Doctoral Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.Weather index insurance is an emerging risk man...
In this thesis, insurance solutions for low-income populations and their capacity for poverty reduct...
This study looks at the determinants of farm technology uptake, with attention to farmers’ risk pref...
Much has been written on the determinants of input and technology adoption in agriculture, with issu...
Production systems in low-income developing countries are generally poorly diversified, focusing on ...
Production systems in low-income developing countries are generally poorly diversified, focusing on ...
Rural inhabitants of developing countries face extraordinarily risky environments, and decision-maki...
collected the experimental data for Uganda). 2 This paper examines attitudes to risk and the ability...
This paper studies the risk preferences of poor rural households in Malawi and compares the Holt and...
Risk preferences are important drivers of many relevant economic decisions of farm households. High ...
This paper considers the economic behaviour of smallholder farmers in eastern Ethiopia and its effec...
Although several studies have investigated commercial farmers’ risk preferences, there is still lack...
By replicating the seminal work of Kahneman and Tversky in rural South Africa, the present study sho...
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is one of the regions in the world most affected by food price volatility a...
Much has been written on the determinants of input and technology adoption in agriculture, with issu...
Doctoral Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.Weather index insurance is an emerging risk man...
In this thesis, insurance solutions for low-income populations and their capacity for poverty reduct...
This study looks at the determinants of farm technology uptake, with attention to farmers’ risk pref...
Much has been written on the determinants of input and technology adoption in agriculture, with issu...
Production systems in low-income developing countries are generally poorly diversified, focusing on ...
Production systems in low-income developing countries are generally poorly diversified, focusing on ...
Rural inhabitants of developing countries face extraordinarily risky environments, and decision-maki...
collected the experimental data for Uganda). 2 This paper examines attitudes to risk and the ability...
This paper studies the risk preferences of poor rural households in Malawi and compares the Holt and...
Risk preferences are important drivers of many relevant economic decisions of farm households. High ...
This paper considers the economic behaviour of smallholder farmers in eastern Ethiopia and its effec...
Although several studies have investigated commercial farmers’ risk preferences, there is still lack...
By replicating the seminal work of Kahneman and Tversky in rural South Africa, the present study sho...
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is one of the regions in the world most affected by food price volatility a...
Much has been written on the determinants of input and technology adoption in agriculture, with issu...
Doctoral Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.Weather index insurance is an emerging risk man...
In this thesis, insurance solutions for low-income populations and their capacity for poverty reduct...