Designing risk profile of melon product of Mashhad city

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Sima Ghazanfari ¹
• Mohammad Ghorbani ¹
• Arash Dourandish ²

¹ Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, University of Ferdowsi, Mashhad, Iran

² Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Economics and Agricultural Development, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

10.30495/jae.2021.22549.2066

Abstract

Introduction: The agricultural sector and its related activities have certain characteristics, which expose it to numerous unforeseen risks and damages, resulting in multiple losses and problems. Therefore, identifying and evaluating these risks and damages can help farmers make the right decisions. The purpose of the present study is to identify and evaluate melon crop production risks, and to prepare risk profiles for this crop.
Materials and Methods: Two criteria of frequency of occurrence and extent of risk, and finally risk matrix were used to assess the damage of each production risks. The sample size was determined based on simple random sampling procedure and the data were collected through face-to-face interviews with 50 melon farmers in Mashhad in 2019.
Findings: Study findings suggest that the largest risk area in terms of risk frequency and risk effect is assigned to the fifth area including drought risk, pests, various illnesses, birds and melon fly, following by the first area with 4 risks and the second and third areas with 1 risk.
Conclusion: We highly recommend the use of risk profiles to design patterns and insurance coverage which fits various risks. As a result, losses of insurance fund will mitigate and major and important risks in melon production will be covered, and thus, insurance demand will increase.

Keywords

• Production risk
• melon
• risk matrix
• Classification criteria

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