Marco Ferroni - Risk and Agriculture

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Weather, climate, water Land, soil, biodiversity Bugs, diseases, weeds Farmers, production practices Markets, price Enabling environment http://www.ajc.com/multimedia/archive/00486/ http://ddimick.posterous.com/biodiversity-crisis-lost-food- diversity-is-ra SyngentaFoundation Syngenta Field Report SyngentaFoundation SyngentaFoundation

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Weather, climate, water Land, soil, biodiversity Bugs, diseases, weeds

Farmers, production practices Markets, price Enabling environment

http://www.ajc.com/multimedia/archive/00486/ http://ddimick.posterous.com/biodiversity-crisis-lost-food-diversity-is-ra

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Functioning partnerships and markets:ConnectivityStorage and stocksTechnology, inputsCommodity exchanges

Public policy and public goods:ExtensionSafety netsInfrastructureAgricultural R&D

MarketPooled

Risk

Community Risk Pooling

On-farm Risk Management

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high

Losses

low

high

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