Agricultural Risk Management in the Caribbean : Lessons and Experiences, 2009-2012

The purpose of this report is to summarize the main results and lessons learned during the implementation of the World Bank technical assistance (TA), which are valuable to the ongoing discussion on agricultural risk management in the region. The r...

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Main Author: World Bank
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2013
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/10/17394045/agricultural-risk-management-caribbean-lessons-experiences-2009-2012
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13242
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Summary:The purpose of this report is to summarize the main results and lessons learned during the implementation of the World Bank technical assistance (TA), which are valuable to the ongoing discussion on agricultural risk management in the region. The report is organized as follows. Section two summarizes the program risk management strategies, including initial objectives and final outcomes. In particular, it describes how these objectives change in order to respond to the countries' particular demands. Section three presents the methodology and basic principles applied in the four stages of the program implementation. Six country cases are summarized in section four with a complete description of final outputs and recommendations. Finally, section five presents the main conclusions and lessons learned.