Essays about: "Agriculture insurance"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words Agriculture insurance.

  1. 1. Conceptualizing the Role of the Financial Industry in Sustainability Transitions in Agriculture

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Joel Petersson; [2022]
    Keywords : Multi-Level Perspective; Geography; Insurance; Lending; Banking; Agronomy; Business Models; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the way that the Multi-Level Perspective (MLP) can be used to understand the role of financial business services in sustainable transitions in agriculture. In doing so this thesis answered the following questions: How could the Multi-Level Perspective be used to understand the role of financial business services in sustainability transitions in agriculture? What questions may this be useful in answering? Firstly, by taking a structured approach to testing a novel approach to the MLP that can potentially contend with prior critiques to the MLP. READ MORE

  3. 2. Riskhanteringsverktyg i växtodlingen : har växtodlingsproduktionen tillräckligt med verktyg för att hantera finansiell risk?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

    Author : Niklas Bengtsson; Martin Olsson; [2019]
    Keywords : risk; riskhantering; gårdsstöd; försäkring; CAP-reform; förväntad nyttoteori; resultatutjämning;

    Abstract : Denna studie är gjord med anledning av den förväntade ökade riskexponering växtodlingsproducenter kommer stå inför vid ett förändrat klimat. Torkan 2018 slog hårt mot landets lantbrukare och lönsamheten upplevdes som kraftigt försämrad. READ MORE

  4. 3. Farmers’ behaviour in risky decision-making : a multiple case study of farmers’ adoption of crop insurance as a risk management tool

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Martin Enström; Johan Eriksson; [2018]
    Keywords : agriculture; crop insurance; decision-making behaviour; production risk; risk management; risk perception; risk propensity; swedish crop farmers;

    Abstract : Risk is highlighted as an increasingly present aspect of the agricultural business, and it is important for agricultural producers to manage risk effectively. The implementation of risk management strategies and the adoption of risk management tools are some of the most complex decisions for farmers to execute. READ MORE

  5. 4. Stölder på lantbruk : hur man förebygger dem

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

    Author : Marcus Idoffsson; Magnus Jönsson; [2017]
    Keywords : stöld; lantbruksstölder; stöldprevention; stöldförebyggande åtgärder; låsklasser; skyddsklasser; larmklasser;

    Abstract : Under de senaste åren har stöldernas värde på lantbruken ökat. 2016 stals det för över 10 miljoner kronor och för några år sedan skulle ingen tro att växtskyddsmedel skulle bli det som stjäls till högst värde. READ MORE

  6. 5. Climate change impacts on water resources of the Ganges : Suitable adaptation options for agriculture in the Indian-Himalayan region

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekologi

    Author : Hedvig Winther; [2017]
    Keywords : Climate change; water flows; Indian-Himalayan region; Ganges; adaptation; hydro-climatic modelling; stakeholder participatory methods; Klimatförändringar; vattenflöden; Indiska Himalaya; Ganges; anpassning; hydroklimatisk modellering; intressentdeltagande metoder;

    Abstract : Climate change is affecting several environmental factors and together with socio-economic changes put high pressure on water resources. Climate change manifest itself through increasing temperatures and changes in precipitation patterns and intensities, with knock-on effects on hydrologically-relevant parameters such as water flows, evapotranspiration rates, glacial melt etcetera, all of which have already been observed in the recent past and are predicted to continue in the future. READ MORE