How RISC addresses production losses caused by other than rainfall adverse deviations?
Production risks arise because of two factors: uncontrolled random inputs of weather and exposure to pests and diseases. Weather risks could arise because of fluctuations in temperature, rainfall, humidity, and wind and hail. Of these, rainfall is the most important variable that has the highest fluctuation and is the least predictable in coffee production. RISC, therefore, addresses the production losses arising out of rainfall risk alone.
