Efficient farming options for German apple growers under risk – a stochastic dominance approach
| Autor: | Wolfgang Lentz, Maren B.K. Röhrig, Bernd Hardeweg |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Crop insurance
Risk perception Irrigation Historical data approach business.industry 05 social sciences Stochastic dominance Subsidy Permanent crop crop insurance risk management historical data approach risk perception Agricultural science Dewey Decimal Classification::300 | Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Anthropologie::330 | Wirtschaft Risk management Agriculture 0502 economics and business ddc:330 Production (economics) 050202 agricultural economics & policy 050207 economics business |
| Zdroj: | International food and agribusiness management review, 21(1):101-120 International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 21 (2018), Nr. 1 |
| ISSN: | 1559-2448 |
| Popis: | For a sustainable economic performance of apple production, the determination of efficient farming options considering production risk is crucial. Relying on a permanent crop, apple producers are less flexible to react upon disturbances. Based on data of 134 apple producers operating in the two main production areas in Germany, we compare and determine efficient production options. Furthermore, appropriate risk management instruments (RMIs) are identified using stochastic dominance criteria. In addition, we use Stochastic Efficiency with Respect to a Function to evaluate farming options for defined ranges of relative risk aversion. The results indicate that Red Prince is the most efficient variety in the north and subsidized hail insurance with frost irrigation is superior to frost irrigation as single RMI. In the south Braeburn should be chosen by rational decision makers, but the tested insurance solutions are not as efficient as the common practice of producing apple under hail nets. © 2017 Röhrig et al. |
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