As climate change takes hold globally, weather related risk threaten the livelihood of farmers with negative implications for food and nutrition security. The continued dependence on rain-fed crop production by farmers in Katsina state increases their vulnerability to weather related risk. This paper assessed the major risk faced by farmers, the main coping strategies adopted, the effectiveness of the strategies adopted and the willingness to pay for weather index crop insurance. Primary data was collected using a structured questionnaire and analyzed by frequency distribution and percentages. The findings of the study revealed that drought was the major weather related risk experienced, as stated by 97.1% of the farmers. Also, intercroppin...
Smallholder farmers in the Northern Region of Ghana are at risk in crop production because of uncert...
Nigeria can build a robust resilience framework to ensure that its agricultural sector is able to co...
Doctoral Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.Weather index insurance is an emerging risk man...
As climate change takes hold globally, weather related risk threaten the livelihood of farmers with ...
Published online: 07 Apr 2020The effects of climate change on agricultural production are pushing co...
Residual impacts from rainfall deficit and failures of traditional crop insurance to protect smallho...
Farmers have been employing various ways of adaptation to the effect weather variability. Agricultur...
Abstract Background The impact of climate change and variability on livelihoods of smallholder farme...
Abstract Weather index-based crop insurance is increasingly becoming important as a risk mitigation ...
International audienceIn the Sudano-Sahelian region, which includes South Niger, the inter-annual va...
In the Sudano-Sahelian region, which includes South Niger, the inter-annual variability of the rainy...
Agriculture dominate most of the economic development policy in many developing countries but it i...
This study seeks to analyze how extreme weather conditions affect crop yield and risk in Nigeria and...
Current climate variability is already imposing significant challenge to Ethiopia. Therefore, farme...
There is an increasing concern on the vulnerability of farmers to the impact of climate change. The ...
Smallholder farmers in the Northern Region of Ghana are at risk in crop production because of uncert...
Nigeria can build a robust resilience framework to ensure that its agricultural sector is able to co...
Doctoral Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.Weather index insurance is an emerging risk man...
As climate change takes hold globally, weather related risk threaten the livelihood of farmers with ...
Published online: 07 Apr 2020The effects of climate change on agricultural production are pushing co...
Residual impacts from rainfall deficit and failures of traditional crop insurance to protect smallho...
Farmers have been employing various ways of adaptation to the effect weather variability. Agricultur...
Abstract Background The impact of climate change and variability on livelihoods of smallholder farme...
Abstract Weather index-based crop insurance is increasingly becoming important as a risk mitigation ...
International audienceIn the Sudano-Sahelian region, which includes South Niger, the inter-annual va...
In the Sudano-Sahelian region, which includes South Niger, the inter-annual variability of the rainy...
Agriculture dominate most of the economic development policy in many developing countries but it i...
This study seeks to analyze how extreme weather conditions affect crop yield and risk in Nigeria and...
Current climate variability is already imposing significant challenge to Ethiopia. Therefore, farme...
There is an increasing concern on the vulnerability of farmers to the impact of climate change. The ...
Smallholder farmers in the Northern Region of Ghana are at risk in crop production because of uncert...
Nigeria can build a robust resilience framework to ensure that its agricultural sector is able to co...
Doctoral Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.Weather index insurance is an emerging risk man...