Risk and risk management strategies of smallholder onion farmers in Sokoto state, Nigeria | Tveganja in strategije upravljanja s tveganji majhnih pridelovalcev čebule v državi Sokoto, Nigerija

English. The study examines risk and its management strategies among smallholder onion farmers in Sokoto State. Data were collected with the use of structured questionnaire designed to pull together information on the socioeconomic characteristics of the farmers in the area such as age, level of education, experience, family size, membership of farmer association, extension contact, risk preference of the farmers etc. Data was also collected on risk sources and risk management strategies.  The primary data used were obtained from structured questionnaire administered to 120 randomly selected farmers. The analytical techniques that were used in the analysis of data were descriptive statistical tools such as means and percentages, Equally Likely Certainty Equivalent with a Purely Hypothetical Risky prospect (ELCEPH) technique and the 5-point Likert scale. The result showed that majority of the farmers are risk averse having a positive Arrow-Pratt absolute risk aversion coefficient.

Slovenian. Raziskava preučuje tveganja in strategije upravljanja s tveganji majhnih pridelovalcev čebule v državi Sokoto, v Nigeriji. Podatki so bili zbrani z vprašalnikom, ki je bil zasnovan tako, da je zbral podatke o socioekonomskih lastnostih kmetov na območju kot so starost, raven izobrazbe, izkušenost, velikost družin, članstvo v kmečkih združenjih, povezava s svetovalno službo, prednostna tveganja kmetov, itd. Podatki so bili izbrani tudi glede na vire tveganja in strategije upravljanja z njimi. Primarni podatki so bili pridobljeni z vprašalnikom, ki ga je izpolnilo 120 naključno izbranih kmetov. Pri obdelavi podatkov so bila uporabljena orodja opisne statistike kot so poprečja in odstotki. Uporabljena sta bila ekvivalent enako verjetne gotovosti in tehnika popolnega hipotetičnega predvidevanja tveganja (ELCEPH) in pettočkovna Likertova skala. Rezultati so pokazali, da se večina kmetov izogiba tveganju, saj imajo pozitiven Arrow-Prattov koeficient absolutnega odklanjanja tveganj.