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. 2016 Jun 22;5(1):830. doi: 10.1186/s40064-016-2433-9

Table 5.

Farmer’s reasons for not adapting some measures

Reason for not adapting some measures Response %
Reason for not buying insurance Lack of money/credit facility 48.5
Lack of information/unaware 42.7
Don’t need it/not interested 7.5
Not applicable here (not available) 0.5
Don’t have trust 0.4
Other 0.4
Reason for not finding off-farm job Lack of information/never thought of it 27.6
Lack of money/credit facility 23.4
No available off-farm jobs 21.8
Farming is better/prefer farming 12.5
Lack of relevant skill/qualification 6.0
I am already into off-farm job 3.6
Planning to do so 0.9
Because of family/marriage/socio-cultural reasons 0.7
Other 3.5