The Evaluation of Effects of Producer Support Policies on Income Risk (Case Study: Date)

The effects of producer support policies on income risk of date producers were evaluated during 1989 to 2006. It is important to know, how much producer support policies (i.e. market price support, input subsidy and insurance) would change income risk. Cuddy Coefficient of Variation (CCV) criterion was used for this purpose. Results showed that income risk is reduced through market price support and fuel subsidy policies, while input subsidy support and insurance have increased income risk. The support policies, altogether, decreased income risk by 12.3% which is significantly more than the sum of declines by each of them.