The role of risk mitigation in production efficiency: A case study of Bolivian potatoes producers

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dc.contributor.authorLarochelle, Catherineen
dc.contributor.authorAlwang, Jeffrey R.en
dc.contributor.departmentAgricultural and Applied Economicsen
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialBoliviaen
dc.coverage.temporal2006 - 2007en
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:07:48Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:07:48Zen
dc.date.issued2010en
dc.description.abstractThis presentation describes data gathered in the Bolivian Andes on 389 households about potato production activities, revenues, expenses, and environmental and gender issues. Crop productivity has been declining because of soil erosion on the steep slopes of the Andes and because of limited financial resources and access to agricultural supplies. This study aims to understand the linkages between environmental risk, risk management strategies, and technical efficiency with potato production. The collected data suggests that by using risk mitigation techniques and environmental diversification, potato production has the potential to increase in these areas.en
dc.description.notesLTRA-7 (Pathways to CAPS in the Andes)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier4657en
dc.identifier.citationPresented at the NAREA Annual Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, 14 June 2010en
dc.identifier.other4657_LaRochelle_The_role_of_risk_mitigation.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/68901en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectCash cropsen
dc.subjectIncome generationen
dc.subjectSoil erosionen
dc.subjectWomenen
dc.subjectSoil fertilityen
dc.subjectGISen
dc.subjectVulnerability and risken
dc.subjectSurvey research methodsen
dc.subjectHot-spot analysisen
dc.subjectActivity diversificationen
dc.subjectClusteringen
dc.subjectSpatial analysisen
dc.subjectPotato productionen
dc.subjectAndesen
dc.subjectBoliviaen
dc.subjectRisk managementen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scale Field Scaleen
dc.titleThe role of risk mitigation in production efficiency: A case study of Bolivian potatoes producersen
dc.typePresentationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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