The role of irrigation in farmers' risk management strategies in France

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 439-457

  Foudi, Sbastien ^a   Erdlenbruch, Katrin ^b  

^a BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE BC3   (Spain)

^b UMR G EAU   (France)

Author keywords

insurance; irrigation; joint estimation; production risk; sample selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861864133     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbr024     Document Type: Review

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