Call for papers

The seminar invites an international scientific audience interested in agricultural risk management and income stabilisation.

The abstract should include the research question(s) addressed, the concepts and theories referred to, the materials and methods used and the results obtained.

Objectives

The seminar seeks contributions discussing both the origin of risks and income fluctuation in agriculture as well as possible solutions.

The intention is to discuss the appropriate mix of policy and private risk management instruments and their joint impact on farm-level risk and income stabilisation.

In the seminar both theoretical and applied papers are welcomed.  

Topics

The seminar will be organised around four topics:

(1)   Identification of causes of income fluctuations in agriculture. These causes can be “external events”, such as diseases, droughts and floods, and “policy-driven” changes such as a further liberalisation of commodity prices.

(2)   Economic impact of risks in agriculture, which includes impact at commodity prices, income and viability at farm level, impact at the farm structure, and impact for food chains and the national economy as a whole

(3)   Effectiveness and efficiency of public response to fluctuations in farm production, revenues and income.

(4)   State of the art of private instruments to deal with agricultural (price) crises and risks.

Language

The official language of the seminar will be English.

Important dates

Abstract submission: October 15, 2007

Author notification: November 1, 2007

Deadline papers: December 31, 2007

Deadline for early registration discount: November 15, 2007

Deadline for registration: December 31, 2007

Proceedings