Employing nationally representative data, we investigate the impact of Sustainable
Intensification Practices (SIP s) on farm households' food security, downside risk and the …

We explore how rice farmers adjust their farm management practices in response to extreme
weather events and determine whether their adjustments affect the mean, risk, and …

Replicability is a cornerstone of all scientific disciplines. While agricultural economists often
provide recommendations to stakeholders that inform, among others policymaking, we …

This study analyses the economic benefits of Internet use, focusing on farm profit, risk
exposure (skewness), and cost of risk. We use the flexible moment-based production …

This paper examines the effects of weather on the distribution of agricultural yields. Using
data on wheat and corn yields from seven Italian provinces over the period 1900–2014, a …

Rice, China's most important food crop, is highly dependent on irrigation, but an increasing
number of extreme drought events have challenged rice production in many regions. This …

We investigate determinants of dairy producers' risk exposure using a unique combination of
foci on (i) downside risks,(ii) a holistic representation of revenues from milk and animal …

Experience across many countries shows that, without large premium subsidies, crop
insurance uptake rates are generally low. In this article, we propose to use the cumulative …

Risk management in agricultural production is a first order problem as producers' long-run
sustainability often depends on their ability to reduce the adverse effects of profit …

This paper investigates the assessment and effects of adverse shocks on agricultural
production, with an application to corn yield. Adverse shocks are assessed by the probability …