Measuring risk aversion among asset poor small-scale farmers in the Western Cape, South Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorVisser, Martineen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorGwata, Ferien_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-30T06:42:58Z
dc.date.available2014-12-30T06:42:58Z
dc.date.issued2010en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 48-52).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents an empirical analysis of the contentious issue regarding risk preferences of small-scale farmers in low-income countries. Resource-poor farmers have often been described as being inherently risk averse given their tendency to under-invest in risky yet profitable crop technologies. In contrast to this dominant view we argue that it is unlikely that these farmers have an inherent disposition towards risk aversion. We hypothesize that the observed under-investment in crop technologies is largely due to the financial constraints which these farmers face.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationGwata, F. (2010). <i>Measuring risk aversion among asset poor small-scale farmers in the Western Cape, South Africa</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10524en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationGwata, Feri. <i>"Measuring risk aversion among asset poor small-scale farmers in the Western Cape, South Africa."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10524en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationGwata, F. 2010. Measuring risk aversion among asset poor small-scale farmers in the Western Cape, South Africa. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Gwata, Feri AB - This paper presents an empirical analysis of the contentious issue regarding risk preferences of small-scale farmers in low-income countries. Resource-poor farmers have often been described as being inherently risk averse given their tendency to under-invest in risky yet profitable crop technologies. In contrast to this dominant view we argue that it is unlikely that these farmers have an inherent disposition towards risk aversion. We hypothesize that the observed under-investment in crop technologies is largely due to the financial constraints which these farmers face. DA - 2010 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2010 T1 - Measuring risk aversion among asset poor small-scale farmers in the Western Cape, South Africa TI - Measuring risk aversion among asset poor small-scale farmers in the Western Cape, South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10524 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/10524
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationGwata F. Measuring risk aversion among asset poor small-scale farmers in the Western Cape, South Africa. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2010 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10524en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Economicsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEconomicsen_ZA
dc.titleMeasuring risk aversion among asset poor small-scale farmers in the Western Cape, South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScen_ZA
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