Coping With Risk In Agriculture

Author : J Brian Hardaker
Publisher : CABI
ISBN 13 : 1780645740
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Coping with Risk in Agriculture, 3rd Edition written by J Brian Hardaker and published by CABI. This book was released on 2015-04-24 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Risk and uncertainty are inescapable factors in agriculture which require careful management. Farmers face production risks from the weather, crop and livestock performance, and pests and diseases, as well as institutional, personal and business risks. This revised third edition of the popular textbook includes updated chapters on theory and methods and contains a new chapter discussing the state-contingent approach to the analysis of production and the use of copulas to better model stochastic dependency. Aiming to introduce agricultural decision making, probability and risk preference, this book is an indispensable guide for students and researchers of agriculture and agribusiness management.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9789264075306
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Managing Risk in Agriculture A Holistic Approach written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2009-09-29 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the current magnitude and characteristics of risk-related policies in agriculture and what is known about the quantitative size of agricultural risks. It also looks at the on-farm, off-farm, and market instruments available to manage risk.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264116141
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Managing Risk in Agriculture Policy Assessment and Design written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2011-06-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the implications of risk management for policy in agriculture. Opening with a chapter on risk management principles and guidelines for policy design in agriculture, the book goes on to look at quantitative analysis of risk and then at policy in various countries.

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Managing Risk in Farming written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : J. Brian Hardaker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Coping with Risk in Agriculture written by J. Brian Hardaker and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ana Iglesias
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402090455
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Coping with Drought Risk in Agriculture and Water Supply Systems written by Ana Iglesias and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-01-22 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last three decades drought episodes have resulted in severe social problems in Mediterranean countries, receiving broad attention from the international scientific and policy communities. The experiences in the development and implementation of drought management plans highlight the success and challenges of coping with drought for societies with different vulnerabilities and emphasize risk-based drought management as a critical approach to mitigate the impacts associated to drought-induced water shortages. Based on these experiences and the current methods for evaluating risk, the book synthesises guidelines for drought management that link science and policy and that can be applied to other regions. The book comprises a collection of papers divided into four sections that appeal to a broad audience. First, the social and hydrological context of Mediterranean countries is presented, discussing the interactions that have resulted in the complex institutional framework, and highlighting the importance of stakeholder involvement and awareness building for successful drought management. This section emphasises the role of organizations, institutions, and civil stakeholders involved in drought preparedness and mitigation and/or on water management for designing effective risk based strategies that mitigate the effects of drought in agriculture and water supply systems. Second, the book presents an academic approach to risk evaluation, including characterization of drought episodes, development of indicators of risk in hydrological and agricultural systems, and analysis of the role of economic instruments and groundwater for risk mitigation. This section finalises with the description of an integrated method for evaluating social vulnerability based on indicators that include the capacity to anticipate, cope, and respond to drought. The third section includes a collection of case studies that include the description of effective measures taken in the past. These case studies provide the context for developing demand driven guidelines that may be applied to other regions. The authors of these chapters can be viewed as stakeholders in drought management, since they represent a broad range of sectors and institutions from Mediterranean European and North African countries. The topics addressed have implications for the international policy community interested in disaster mitigation, agricultural policy, and development. Finally a synthesis of the management actions is presented in four chapters. Monitoring and preparedness planning is the essential first step for moving from disaster to risk management in response to drought. The management actions related to agriculture and water supply systems are presented in two different chapters but with a common conceptual framework based on the use of drought indicators for evaluating the levels of drought risk (pre-alert, alert, and emergency), that allow establishing linkages between science and policy. The final chapter discuses the lessons learned and application to other regions.

Author : J. B. Hardaker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781780642413
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Coping with Risk in Agriculture written by J. B. Hardaker and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Risk and uncertainty are inescapable factors in agriculture which require careful management. Farmers face production risks from the weather, crop and livestock performance, and pests and diseases, as well as institutional, personal and business risks. This revised third edition of the popular textbook includes updated chapters on theory and methods and contains a new chapter discussing the state-contingent approach to the analysis of production and the use of copulas to better model stochastic dependency. Aiming to introduce agricultural decision making, probability and risk preference, this.

Author : David Kahan
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Managing Risk in Farming written by David Kahan and published by Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). This book was released on 2013 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide is intended to help extension workers better understand the concept of risk, the situation where risk occurs and management strategies that can be used to reduce, or at least soften, its effect. It is hoped that the guide will be useful in assisting extension workers to provide farmers with advice on the kind of risk management strategies that they can employ to deal with risk in their day-to-day operations. In this way extension workers can help farmers recognize and understand the risks that they are likely to face and assist them in making better farm management decisions that reduce the negative effect of the risks encountered in farming.

Author : J. B. Hardaker
Publisher : Cabi
ISBN 13 : 9780851998312
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Coping with Risk in Agriculture written by J. B. Hardaker and published by Cabi. This book was released on 2004 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of the first edition of the book, published in 1997, was to contribute to improved agricultural decision making by explaining what can be done in risk analysis and management. Since 1997 progress has been made in risk analysis in agriculture. The material covered in this second edition has been restructured and most of the 1997 text has been revised. Topics that are more thoroughly dealt with in this edition include: assessing and quantifying the degree of risk aversion of a decision maker; judging how important risk aversion is likely to be in particular circumstances; an improved approach for partially ordering risky stochastic distributions when the decision maker's attitude to risk is not fully known; stochastic simulation and its combination with optimization for the analysis of risky choice; and risk considerations in agricultural policy making. The book is written for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of agricultural economics and farm management, as well as advisers to farmers and agricultural research workers. It has 13 chapters and a subject index.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264680721
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strengthening Agricultural Resilience in the Face of Multiple Risks written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report explores how countries can strengthen the resilience of their agricultural sectors to multiple risks. A shifting risk landscape in agriculture – due to increasing weather variability, natural hazards, pests and diseases, and market shocks – will require public and private actors to consider the risk landscape over the long term, place a greater emphasis on what can be done ex ante to reduce risk exposure and increase preparedness, and prioritise investments that build resilience capacities both on-farm and for the sector as a whole.