声明
Acknowledgment
Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
Abstract
摘要
Chapter-1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
1.2 Agriculture in Pakistan
1.3 Disaster Risks in Pakistan
1.4 Disasters and Agricultural Sector of Pakistan
1.5 Problem statement
1.6 Research Questions
1.7 Purpose and importance of the study
1.8 Hypothesis of the Study
1.9 Innovations and Limitations
Chapter-2 REVIEW OF LITERATURE
2.1 The Concept of Risk and Uncertainty in Agriculture
2.2 Risk Sources in Agriculture
2.2.1 Risk perceptions
2.2.2 Risk attitudes
2.3 Risk Management Strategies
2.3.1 Ex-ante Strategies(Pre-realization of an incident)
2.3.2 Ex-post Risk Strategies
2.3.3 Business Risk
2.3.4 Production Risk
2.3.5 Marketing Risk
2.3.6 Financial risk
2.4 Risk Management Decisions and Influencing Factors
2.4.1 Risk Perception and Risk Attitude
2.4.2 Farm and Farm Household Attributes
2.4.3 Access to Information and Credit
2.5 Off-farm Work and Non-Farrm Income
2.5.1.Definition and Importance
2.5.2 Rural non-farm economy
2.5.3.Off-Farm Income Diversification and Contribution in Total Income
2.5.4 Off-farm Work,Agricultural Productivity and Risk
2.5.5 Off-farm Employment
2.5.6 Agriculture and Credit
2.6 Literature Gap
Chapter-3 MATERIALS AND METHODS
3.1.Description of Study area,Sampling Strategy and Data collection
3.2.Adaptive capacity
3.3.Farm-Level Adaptation Model
3.4.Conceptual Framework/Model
3.5.Empirical Estimation and Model Description
Chapter-4 FARMERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF RISK SOURCES AND RISK COPING STRATEGIES IN PAKISTAN
4.1 Introduction
4.2.Materials and Methods
4.3.Results and Discussion
4.4.Conclusion
Chapter-5 FACTORS AFFECTING FARMERS ENVIRONMENTAL RISK PERCEPTIONS IN SINDH,PAKISTAN
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Materials and Methods
5.3 Model and conceptual framework of risk perceptions
5.4 Results and Discussion
5.5 Conclusion
Chapter-6 DETERMINANTS FOR INCOME DIVERSIFICATION STRATEGIES USED BY FARM HOUSEHOLDS
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Materials and methods
6.3 Result and Discussion
6.4 Conclusion
Chapter-7 SIMULTANEOUS ADPTION OF RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES USED BY FARMERS FOR MANAGING DISASTERS
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Materials and methods
7.3 Results and Diseussion
7.4 Conclusion
Chapter-8 CONCURRENT USE OF MULTIPLE TOOLS FOR MANAGING CATASTRoPHIC RISK AT FARM LEVEL
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Material and Methods
8.3 Results and Discussion
8.4 Conclusion
Chapter-9 SUMMARY,CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
9.1 Summary
9.2 Conclusion
9.3 Recommendations
9.4 Future prospects
References
Appendix
List of Publications
Some Clicks of Survey