2 hours
Agricultural Risk Management Tools
Agriculture & Food Security
English
Delivery Modality
Offline
Online self-paced
Theme
Financing Instruments
External Financing
Risk Transfer
Operational Capacity for Response
Early Action Mechanisms, Anticipatory Action, and Forecast-Based Financing
Audience
Civil Society & Community-Based Organizations
Government
Local Community
Private Sector
Sectoral Ministries
Agencies
FAO
Certification
Yes
Last Updated
Jan-19
Risks in agriculture arise from a variety of sources. There are several risk management options that can be used to either mitigate, transfer or cope with risks in agriculture. Choosing the most appropriate tool depends on various factors such as type of risk, tools availability, and level of responsibility. This course focuses on what can be done at the farm, local area/community, and national levels to manage risks in agriculture.
You will learn about
- Providing the outline of main on-farm and off-farm Agriculture Risk Management (ARM) tools
- Describing the major production, finance, market, and government-support related ARM tools
- Identifying the suitability of these tools by themselves or in combination
- Identify the suitability of these tools alone or in combination for a given situation
- Appreciating the advantages and disadvantages of the ARM tools