Risk and Risk Management Strategies in Onion Production in Kebbi State of Nigeria

Sources of Risk and Management Strategies among Farmers in Rice Post Harvest Management in Niger State, Nigeria

“…This indicated that farmers in the study area are likely affected by the production risk, financial risk, human or personal risk, market or price risk and technological risks. This is similar to the findings of Jirgi (2013), Alimi and Ayanwale (2005) and Ogunniyi and Ojedokun (2012), who reported that farmers are faced with different risk factor in the production, processing and marketing. This may likely be the reason why many farmers turned from producers of the rice to the buyers of the commodity for consumption.…”

Risk Perception and Management in Smallholder Vegetable Farming in Eastern Ethiopia

“…The issue of human risk also featured prominently in the study by Alimi and Ayanwale (2005) on risk and risk management strategies in onion production in Nigeria. They discovered that ill health, death and unavailability of labor as an important source of risk.…”

An Assessment of Risks Along the Sweet Potato Value Chain in Ghana

“…However, in contemporary times, risk has been seen and described by investment economists as the variation from expected outcomes due to imperfect knowledge of investors in decision making such as variations in market prices for agricultural commodities and production inputs and variations in the volume or quality of the commodity produced (Kuyrah et al, 2006;Swiss Re, 2007). Alimi and Ayanwale (2005) however maintained that a situation of defective (imperfect) knowledge is more pervasive in agribusiness enterprises (such as the sweet potato value chain). Hence, investors (chain actors) face the vulnerability of what they expect ex-ante not being achieved ex-post (Ndugbu, 2003).…”