RISK PERCEPTIONS AND MANAGEMENT RESPONSES: PRODUCER-GENERATED HYPOTHESES FOR RISK MODELING

George F. Patrick, Paul N. Wilson, Peter J. Barry, William G. Boggess and Douglas L. Young

Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1985, vol. 17, issue 2, 8

Abstract: Farm level risk analyses have used price and yield variability almost exclusively to represent risk. Results from a survey of 149 agricultural producers in 12 states indicate that producers consider a broader range of sources of variability in their operations. Significant differences exist among categories with respect to the importance of the sources of variability in crop and livestock production. Producers also used a variety of management responses to variability. There were significant difference among categories in the importance given to particular responses and their use of them. These results have implications for research, extension, and policy programs.

Keywords: Risk; and; Uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1985
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