Risk in rural development: challenges for managers and policy makers

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Is There Too Much Hype about Index-based Agricultural Insurance? (2012, background): “An enormous literature shows that farmers and landless workers do not passively accept the risks that their environments present to their profits and livelihoods (Anderson, 2003; Bhattamishra and Barrett, 2008, 2010).”
Determinants of Market Participation among Small-Scale Pineapple Farmers in Kericho County, Kenya (2014, background): “The majority of small-scale farmers in Kenya have ventured into horticultural crops due to the high market value associated with the crops (Anderson, 2003).”
Agent-based social simulation: a method for assessing the impact of seasonal climate forecast applications among smallholder farmers (2005, background): “…efforts to improve societal responses to seasonal climate forecasts are a priority because of their potential for ameliorating the impacts of climate variability on marginal groups whose livelihoods are often highly impacted by climate (Agrawala et al., 2001; Hansen, 2002; Anderson, 2003).”