期刊名称：International Journal of Humanities & Social Science Studies
印刷版ISSN：2349-6711
电子版ISSN：2349-6959
出版年度：2015
卷号：2
期号：1
页码：316-321
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出版社：Scholar Publications
摘要：Agricultural risk is associated with negative outcomes that arise from imperfectly predictable variables like outbreak of pests and diseases , adverse climatic factors like drought , flood and storm , resourse risks like non availability or poor quality of inputs, price risk, which altogether are beyond the control of the farmers. Under such situation crop insurance protects farmers against the various risks that affect them adversely. The state of Assam is primarily an agricultural economy, where agricultural operations are mostly carried out through traditional means using indigenous tools and implements. The farmers are primarily engaged in sustaining their farming for household management rather than profit maximisation. In this light crop insurance is an important tool in helping the farmers to stand against the adversities arising in agricutural practices. Therefore it becomes very important for the farmers to be aware about the benefits of crop insurance. But sad enough the farmers of Assam are very much iliterate about the basic idea of crop insurance leave alone the prevailing schemes. Therefore in this study we try to check the awareness level of the farmers of the kamrup rural district and understand the impedements that come in the way of understanding and adoption of crop insurance among the farmers.
