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Assignment # 1
(Article Review)

Submitted to: Dr. Ghulam Murtaza.

Submitted by: Mohammad Ashraf Ansari
Roll No: 1718
Course: Advanced Research Methodology (DMS 505)
Department: Disaster Management and Development Studies,
University of Balochistan.
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Assignment#01
Article Review

Title: Farmers versus nature: managing disaster risks at farm level

Authors: Raza UllahGanesh
P. Shivakoti
Asif Kamran
Farhad Zulfiqar
Keywords: Disaster risk _ Risk management _ Simultaneous adoption _
Bivariate probit _Multinomial probit
Journal name, _ Springer Science+Business Media
Volume/issue: B.V. 2012
Date of publication: 26 April. 2017

1. Why did you choose the specific article?

The main approach of choosing the article Farmers versus nature:
managing disaster risks at farm level my area of interest is
agriculture and the agro based economy, the risk Farmers faces are very
critical in nature and the farmers are most affected in any disaster prone
state, this article is very interesting in attempting to coup up with the
risks and pave the path of its implacable measures in the greater
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spectrum of economic based opportunities associated with the

agriculture.
State the research questions in the article?
The socioeconomic factors, farmers risk perception.
Risk management adoption decisions
What is the general objective of the article? And what is/ are specific
objectives of this article?
This study is therefore aimed at investigating factors responsible for the
adoption of off-farm diversification (ex ante risk coping tool) and
agricultural credit (ex post risk absorbing tool) keeping in view the
correlation between these decisions.
The specific objectives of the study are (1) to figure out correlation
between farmers decisions of adopting the two risk management tools
and (2) to assess the impact of farm and farm characteristics, losses due
to natural disasters, farmers perceptions of the catastrophic risk sources
and their attitude toward catastrophic risks on their decisions of adopting
the two risk management tools Farm and farm household characteristics
Off-farm diversification
What type of research has been used in the article?
The research is based on both the primary and secondary data sets
collected through key informant interviews, focus group discussions,
and household questionnaire survey.
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What is sampling method used in the article?

Bivariate and multinomial probit approaches are applied to data
collected .
What analytical methodology has the author used?
This study, aimed at investigating factors affecting the adoption of off-
farm diversification and agricultural credit to manage catastrophic risks
while taking into account the contemporaneous correlation in the
decisions to adopt the two risk management tools simultaneously
What are the key findings of this article?
Findings revealed a Strong correlation between the decisions to adopt
the two risk management tools and conclude that adopting one risk
management tool may induce farmers to adopt the other tool at the same
time. Moreover, socioeconomic characteristics, losses due to natural
disasters, farmers risk perceptions and their risk attitude play significant
role in shaping their decisions of adopting risk management tools.
What is/ are recommendations of the study?
Risk management tools at the same time are a common practice in
farming community. Farmers decision of adopting one risk
management tool may induce them to adopt the other risk management
tool at the same time. Moreover, these decisions are influenced by
variety of factors including the socioeconomic characteristics of the
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farmers, the losses farmers faced due to natural disasters, farmers risk
perceptions and their attitude toward risk.

Suggest another suitable title for the article.

Farmers are more prone to disaster and the risks are multidimensional.