Farm-Level Risk Management Using Irrigation and Weather Derivatives

dc.creatorLin, Shanshan
dc.creatorMullen, Jeffrey D.
dc.creatorHoogenboom, Gerrit
dc.date2017-04-01T19:18:12Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-09T04:40:09Z
dc.descriptionAn agronomic crop growth model—the Decision Support System for Agro-Technology Transfer—and a constant relative risk aversion utility function are used to examine corn irrigation strategies in Mitchell County, Georgia. Precipitation contracts are designed to help farmers manage risk. Three conclusions originate from the findings. First, the optimal irrigation strategy can greatly increase producers’ certainty-equivalent revenue. Second, changes in water pricing policy would have a limited impact on the amount of water used. And third, across levels of risk preference, the precipitation contracts are not effective in increasing certainty-equivalent revenue or reducing cumulative water use.
dc.identifierdoi:10.22004/ag.econ.46986
dc.identifierhttps://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/46986/files/jaae-40-02-485.pdf
dc.identifierhttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/46986
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/553250
dc.languageeng
dc.publisher
dc.sourcehttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/46986
dc.titleFarm-Level Risk Management Using Irrigation and Weather Derivatives
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