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Szekely, Csaba; Palinkas, Peter. |
Risk management has become increasingly important in virtually all aspects of the economy, including agriculture. Every country that considers agriculture a strategically important economic sector strives for effective risk management in agriculture. In our study American and European Union farmers’ risk management practices were, based on various surveys, compared. In terms of agricultural risk management, major differences between the USA and the EU were evident, and these derive from different farming cultures, differences in historical evolution, and economic philosophy. This study provides an overview regarding the important similarities and dissimilarities. |
Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Risk management; Risk perception; EU; USA; Surveys.; Farm Management; Risk and Uncertainty. |
Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49193 |
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Liu, Kang Ernest; Huang, Min-Hsin; Hsu, Jane Lu; Lee, Hwang-Jaw. |
A highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza (AI) has been confirmed in 420 human cases and has caused 257 deaths in the world starting from 2003. Using face-to-face interviews, our data were collected by utilizing a stratified sampling scheme following the distribution of gender and age in three major metropolitan areas in Taiwan, including Taipei, Taichung, and Kaohsiung. The questionnaire was designed to retrieve information including AI knowledge, risk perceptions, and behavioral changes of two types of consumers, primary shoppers and general consumers. In total, 501 primary shoppers and 505 general consumers completed the survey in June 2007 and were recorded for analysis. The empirical results show several interesting findings, especially, that... |
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Avian influenza; Knowledge; Risk perception; Tobit model; Taiwan; Consumer/Household Economics; Livestock Production/Industries; M30. |
Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49297 |
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KADOHIRA, Mutsuyo; HILL, Glen; SAWADA, Manabu; YOSHIDA, Seiko; 門平, 睦代; ヒル, グレン; 澤田, 学; 吉田, 省子. |
Since the first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) was encountered in Japan in 2001, the country quickly responded with a change from passive to active surveillance. The response has not been a smooth one, though, and news media have contributed to opening the public’s eyes to inadequate behavior from government sources responsible for monitoring and protecting the health of consumers. The resultant information“gap” has served to augment the typical Japanese perceptions of risk assessment, as assessed in surveys from 2003 to 2005. Such false beliefs have caused consumers to call for 100% testing of animals for BSE despite accepted scientific standards which do not support such comprehensive and costly surveillance. Instead, testing agencies... |
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Palavras-chave: BSE; Risk assessment; Surveillance; Risk perception; リスク評価; サーベイランス; リスク認知. |
Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/3110 |
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Dierks, Leef H.. |
Food safety crises usually receive widespread publicity and an extensive media coverage which evidently is mainly negative. Based on previous research, the purpose of this article is to illustrate the impact of positive and negative food safety information on demand both in the short and long term. Apparently, asymmetric effects of media coverage provoke a shift in the consumers' perception of risk and, in a subsequent step, their reactions. This cycle shall be investigated and explained in detail since it improves the prospects for a prediction of consumers' reactions to food safety crises. Results will contribute to the European Commission's research project Food Risk Communication and Consumers' Trust in the Food Supply Chain - TRUST. |
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Food safety; Media coverage; Risk perception; Consumer behaviour; Demand and Price Analysis. |
Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24992 |
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Palinkas, Peter; Szekely, Csaba. |
The local, regional and global economic and natural phenomena of previous decades collectively emphasize the growing importance of risk factors affecting agricultural production both directly and indirectly. Agricultural producers should not restrict their risk management strategies to offset and relieve the problems caused by climatic and natural phenomena, but the knowledge of up-to-date professional, market, and agricultural policy developments is more and more an indispensable condition of successful farming. Besides what mentioned above, it is at least equally important to answer the question of how farmers perceive the importance of risk factors surrounding their activities, as it strongly influences the shaping of their risk management strategies.... |
Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Risk perception; Risk management; International comparison; Farm Management; Risk and Uncertainty. |
Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47554 |
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Bitsch, Vera; Harsh, Stephen B.. |
Managers of greenhouses, nurseries, and landscape contractors participated in five focus group discussions on labor-related risks. Managers conceptualize labor risks along the human resource management process: (1) recruitment and selection, (2) training and development, (3) performance evaluation and discipline, (4) careers and relationships, and (5) compensation packages. In addition, they identified (6) immigrant employees and (7) labor laws and regulations as sources of risk. They recognized a large number of risk-increasing attributes, but also a number of mediating strategies to reduce these risks. |
Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Focus group discussion; Human resource management; Personnel management; Risk management; Risk perception; B41; B49; M12; Q12. |
Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43472 |
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Harr, Ryan N.; Iowa Department of Natural Resources; Iowa State University; ryan.harr@dnr.iowa.gov; Wright Morton, Lois; Iowa State University; lwmorton@iastate.edu; Rusk, Shannon R.; Iowa State University; rusk@iastate.edu; Engle, David M.; Oklahoma State University; david.engle@okstate.edu; Miller, James R.; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; jrmillr@illinios.edu; Debinski, Diane; Iowa State University; debinski@iastate.edu. |
Ecologists recognize that fire and herbivory are essential to maintaining habitat quality in grassland ecosystems. Prescribed fire and grazing are typically used on public reserves to increase biodiversity, improve grassland productivity, and control encroachment of woody plants. However, these tools, particularly prescribed fire, have not been widely adopted by private landowners. Fire suppression and prescribed fire are strategies that present competing risks to owners who make management decisions. We explore landowner perceptions of risk associated with (1) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana) encroachment, and (2) the use of prescribed fire to control woody species in the Grand River Grasslands of Iowa and Missouri, USA. We found that although... |
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Concept mapping; Eastern redcedar; Fire suppression; Grassland management; Landowner perception; Prescribed fire; Private landowners; Risk perception; Tallgrass prairie. |
Ano: 2014 |
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