@article{Medina:9274,
      recid = {9274},
      author = {Medina, Felipe and Iglesias, Ana and Mateos, Carlos},
      title = {Risk management, vulnerability, and risk perception of  organic farmers in Spain},
      address = {2007},
      number = {686-2016-47114},
      series = {Seminar Paper},
      pages = {24},
      year = {2007},
      abstract = {This study analyses the specific risks that organic  farmers must manage. Due to the special features of  management of their productive system, and due to the  specific characteristics of their cultivations, they must  face different risks than conventional farmers. Even if the  Spanish farmers rely on the insurance system to manage  their risks, today organic farmers do not have specific  insurance products to manage them.    The methodology and  results presented in this study include the following:  First, the primary information is compiled after the  elaboration of more than 500 questionnaires to organic  farmers of diverse Spanish regions. Second, the risk  analysis is carried out by evaluating statistical,  probabilistic, and stochastic properties of the organic  production data. We evaluate and discuss the aspects of our  study that relate to other international studies.  Productions considered in this research are olive grove,  vineyard, cereals, fruits, vegetables, nuts and, citrus  fruit.   Specific risks of organic farming - in contrast  with conventional farming - have been identified and  quantified, showing the existing differences of perception,  vulnerability and risk management, as well as the different  risk level and recovery after an event of adverse climatic  conditions. This research lays the foundations for the  elaboration of a specific agrarian insurance for organic  productions, which will serve in a near future, as a tool  for the management of the specific risks of Spanish organic  farmers.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/9274},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.9274},
}