Part I: Agricultural Risk Management

Overview

Part I introduces agricultural risk management as a practical framework for identifying, assessing, and managing risks faced by farmers, agribusinesses, consumers, and governments.

The lecture notes follow four groups of tools:

Tool group	Tools covered
On-farm and community-level tools	Climate-smart agriculture, agricultural diversification, asset and income strategies
Finance-related tools	Agricultural insurance, weather index insurance, agricultural finance and microfinance
Market-related tools	Contract farming, commodity exchanges and futures markets, warehouse receipt systems
Government-based tools	Public foodgrain reserves, disaster assistance programs, social protection and safety nets

Lectures

1. Understanding Agricultural Risk
2. On-Farm Risk Management Tools
3. Finance-Related Risk Management Tools
4. Market-Related Risk Management Tools
5. Government-Based Risk Management Tools
6. Integrated ARM Plan for Oman