Assessment on Farm Enterprises, Major Agricultural Risks and Demand for Micro-Insurance Services by Smallholder Farmers in Selected Areas of Benishangulgumuz, Western Ethiopia

Subject Areas : Agricultural Extension

Alemayehu Lamore ¹

1 - Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Assosa Agricultural Research Center, P.O. Box 265, Assosa,

Received: 2017-09-22 Accepted : 2018-04-27 Published : 2018-06-01

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