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Importance of Whole-Farm Risk Management in Agriculture

In: Handbook Of Operations Research In Natural Resources

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  • Ruud Huirne

    (Wageningen University)

  • Miranda Meuwissen

    (Wageningen University)

  • Marcel Asseldonk

    (Wageningen University)

Abstract

Risk management is an increasingly important topic. At the farm level, it received little attention in Europe. Research indicates that whole-farm riskmanagement approaches, that is approaches in which multiple risks and farm activities are considered simultaneously, seem more efficient than ‘single risk and commodity strategies’. This chapter first gives an overview of risk management and then it discusses the results of a questionnaire survey among livestock and arable farmers in the Netherlands. The survey deals with farmers’ perceptions of risk and risk-management strategies. Risk-management strategies include both ‘single risk’ strategies as well as strategies for simultaneously covering multiple risks. The latter are restricted to the type of strategies currently available in the Netherlands. Next, opportunities for broadening the scope of risk-management strategies covering multiple risks are discussed. The paper concludes by identifying areas for further research in the field of whole-farm risk management.

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  • Ruud Huirne & Miranda Meuwissen & Marcel Asseldonk, 2007. "Importance of Whole-Farm Risk Management in Agriculture," International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, in: Andres Weintraub & Carlos Romero & Trond Bjørndal & Rafael Epstein & Jaime Miranda (ed.), Handbook Of Operations Research In Natural Resources, chapter 0, pages 3-15, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:isochp:978-0-387-71815-6_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-71815-6_1
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    1. Collins-Sowah, Peron A. & Henning, Christian H. C. A., 2019. "Risk management and its implications on household incomes," Working Papers of Agricultural Policy WP2019-05, University of Kiel, Department of Agricultural Economics, Chair of Agricultural Policy.
    2. Angelo Frascarelli & Simone Del Sarto & Giada Mastandrea, 2021. "A New Tool for Covering Risk in Agriculture: The Revenue Insurance Policy," Risks, MDPI, vol. 9(7), pages 1-16, July.
    3. Sudip Adhikari & Aditya R. Khanal, 2021. "Economic Sustainability and Multiple Risk Management Strategies: Examining Interlinked Decisions of Small American Farms," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-13, February.
    4. Leppälä, Jarkko & Rautiainen, Risto & Kauranen, Ilkka, 2015. "Analysis of risk management tools applicable in managing farm risks: A literature review," International Journal of Agricultural Management, Institute of Agricultural Management, vol. 4(3), April.
    5. Zgajnar, Jaka & Kavcic, Stane, 2011. "Weighted Goal Programming and Penalty Functions: Whole-farm Planning Approach Under Risk," 2011 International Congress, August 30-September 2, 2011, Zurich, Switzerland 118033, European Association of Agricultural Economists.

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