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| Medina, Felipe; Iglesias, Ana; Mateos, Carlos. |
| This study analyses the specific risks that organic farmers must manage. Due to the special features of management of their productive system, and due to the specific characteristics of their cultivations, they must face different risks than conventional farmers. Even if the Spanish farmers rely on the insurance system to manage their risks, today organic farmers do not have specific insurance products to manage them. The methodology and results presented in this study include the following: First, the primary information is compiled after the elaboration of more than 500 questionnaires to organic farmers of diverse Spanish regions. Second, the risk analysis is carried out by evaluating statistical, probabilistic, and stochastic properties of the... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Risk management; Organic farming; Vulnerability; Risk perception; Stochastic simulation and agricultural insurance.; Risk and Uncertainty. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9274 |
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