Determinants of Wheat Farmers' Decision to Adoption a Crop Risk Management Tools in Ilam Province

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Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Faculty of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran

Abstract

Agriculture is always been known for the high production, market and financial risks that farmers face. There are tools for crop risk management whose adoption depends on farmers' decisions and persuasions. The main purpose of this research was to study the determinants of wheat farmers' decision to adoption a crop risk management tools in Ilam Province. The study was an empirical research, which followed a quantitative paradigm based on a survey research method. The required data collected through interviewing 150 farmers and completing a researcher-made questionnaire. Two-stage random sampling was performed and the data were analyzed using Logit model in Shazam software environment. The results showed that variables such as area under cultivation, income level, level of education, agriculture as the main job, the previous records of loss, awareness about insurance and its benefits, amount of payment for crop loss had significantly a positive effect on the likelihood of adoption of a crop risk management tools by farmers. While the time to pay crop loss had a significant negative effect on the likelihood of adoption of a risk management tools. It is recommended that some policies be adopted to increase farmers' awareness about the crop insurance benefits and to reduce the time of crop loss payments by the authorities.

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Iranian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Research
Volume 52, Issue 1
February 2021
Pages 127-142

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