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Human Risk in Agriculture

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  • Pavel Sheytanov

    (University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria)

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The risk related to human resources is one of the five most important risks in agriculture. Taking precautions and using the instruments for managing the human risk the right way would increase the sustainability of the farm. This paper examines the importance of human risk and the actions that the Bulgarian farmers are taking to manage it. It also studies the relation between the workforce and farmers’ attitude towards risk.

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  • Pavel Sheytanov, 2020. "Human Risk in Agriculture," Nauchni trudove, University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria, issue 3, pages 153-164, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nwe:natrud:y:2020:i:3:p:153-164
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    Keywords

    risk management; farm labor; human risk;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • Q12 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
    • J43 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Agricultural Labor Markets

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