<#10477#>DEGNET ABEBAW1, JOHN MBURU1, KARIN HOLM-MÜLLER2
1Centre for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Economic and Technological Change, Germany
2Centre for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Institute for Agricultural Policy, Germany
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In recent years, coffee producers' risk has become one of the major issues in the current discussions within the International Coffee Organisation (ICO) and its member countries. In Ethiopia, coffee growers deal with many risks while often lacking effective mechanisms to manage them. However, information concerning ``which sources of risk to coffee income do the growers consider relevant'' and ``in what risk management tools they are interested in'' is too scanty to gain an adequate understanding of their risk behaviour. Therefore, the main aims of this study were (1)~to identify the extent and diversity of coffee growers' perceived risks and preferred risk management strategies, and (2)~investigate the variables influencing their risk perceptions and management responses. The data used in this study were gathered from a random sample of 195 smallholder coffee growers in southwest Ethiopia. Factor analysis and linear regression have been employed to analyse the data. Factor analysis identifies five latent variables that account for 62
Keywords: Coffee, Ethiopia, management responses, risk perceptions
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