Adjustment to Risk in Farming-An Assessment of Drought-Prone Farmers Strategies in Karnataka, India *

Gajanana T M and Sharma B M

IIMA Working Papers from Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Research and Publication Department

Abstract: Weather-induced instability in farming in the predominant rainfed lands is fairly well recongised. Faced with the problems of frequent droughts and the resultant risk in farming, farmers strategies to cope with the situations during and after the drought. An attempt is made in this paper to examine the nature and extent of risk in farming and an assessment is made of the adjustment/management mechanism adopted by the farmers in one of the drought-prone districts of Karnataka.

Date: 1991-04-01
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