Special Issue "Agricultural Insurance, Risk Management and Sustainable Development-Series II"

A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Economics, Policies and Rural Management".

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Special Issue Editors

Department «Economic Theory and Economics of the Agro-Industrial Complex», Samara State Agrarian University, Kinel 446442, Russia
Interests: agricultural insurance; forecasting; planning; government regulation; economics of the agro-industrial complex; economics of households; cadastral valuation; biofuel
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Technosphere Security Department, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Moscow 117198, Russia
Interests: agricultural production; productivity and efficiency analysis; agricultural insurance, agricultural statistics
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue of Agriculture is being published with the aim of summarizing international experience in the field of agricultural insurance, risk management in agriculture and rural sustainable development. Within the framework of the Special Issue, scientific research aimed at solving a set of problems in the field of ensuring the development of agriculture will be presented, namely:

  • Conducting agricultural production in risky conditions, the use of risk reduction tools and the development of agricultural insurance;
  • The development of scientific and practical potential in order to formulate proposals for the introduction of science-intensive technologies in agriculture;
  • Popularization of fundamental and applied research in the field of agriculture, animal science, zoology, agronomy, plant growing and soil science;
  • Formation of recommendations aimed at improving computer models, information technology, engineering and innovative or digital technologies in agriculture.

Within the framework of the Special Issue, the following topics will be covered: scientific support of innovative development of agriculture; intelligent, digital and automated technologies in agriculture; modern scientific achievements—the practice of the production and processing of crop products; scientific approaches to risk reduction in agricultural production; development of new and improvement of existing areas of agricultural insurance; resource-saving technologies, rational nature management and innovative technologies in the agro-industrial complex; automation and digitalization in the agro-industrial complex; biotechnical systems and technologies in agriculture; feeding farm animals; machines and equipment for selection and seed production; mathematical modeling of applied problems of mechanics in the agro-industrial complex; environmental protection in agro-industrial production; tractor and agricultural machinery; organization of agro-industrial production and agriculture.

This Special Issue will feature the works of scientists, employees of specialized organizations and research centers in the field of agriculture, scientists from various research and educational institutions and representatives of government agencies and businesses.

Dr. Kirill A. Zhichkin
Prof. Dr. Vladimir Nosov
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • agricultural insurance
  • risk management
  • animal science
  • agronomy
  • plant growing
  • soil science
  • sustainable development
  • governance and economics

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Risk, Vulnerability, and Resilience in Agriculture and Their Impact on Sustainable Rural Economy Development: A Case Study of Greece
Agriculture 2023, 13(6), 1222; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13061222 - 09 Jun 2023
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Promoting rural development is essential for the general economic transformation of people, hence requiring great attention from different government systems. This study assessed the risk, vulnerability, and resilience of agriculture, as well as its impact on sustainable rural economy development, using Greece as [...] Read more.
Promoting rural development is essential for the general economic transformation of people, hence requiring great attention from different government systems. This study assessed the risk, vulnerability, and resilience of agriculture, as well as its impact on sustainable rural economy development, using Greece as the case study. The study employed a quantitative research approach based on a cross-sectional survey design. A survey questionnaire was used to gather data from 304 Greek farmers. The results show that, although farmers are no longer at risk of being short of food and clothing in Greece, they still face different challenges associated with climate change or low productivity, and this can greatly affect yields if not given great attention. The study showed that increasing farmers’ resilience and the efficacy of risk response are both essential tactics to use in order to effectively combat threats to the residential environment. However, the results show that vulnerability in agriculture has a significant negative influence on rural development. This research demonstrates how the development of a new, beautiful nation must involve improvements to and a guarantee of the safety of farmers’ rural living environments, in order to reduce the impacts of risk and vulnerability, as well as strengthen the nation’s resilience. The results show that, in rural governance, the general preservation of living conditions is not only one of farmers’ top priorities, but is also a crucial factor in enhancing their ability to deal with risks, and is the only route to real rural development. Governments should design their social protection programs to enhance agricultural production, safeguard the lives of the most vulnerable populations, strengthen their resilience, and achieve the broadest possible rural transformation. Full article
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Expectations of the Participants of the Crop Insurance System and Their Implementation
Agriculture 2023, 13(3), 649; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13030649 - 09 Mar 2023
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The manufacture of agriculture production products is the most sensitive to meteorological conditions. The main risks caused by adverse climate factors that Lithuania’s farmers confront are winterkill, hail, storms, and droughts. The aim of the study is to analyze the expectations of crop [...] Read more.
The manufacture of agriculture production products is the most sensitive to meteorological conditions. The main risks caused by adverse climate factors that Lithuania’s farmers confront are winterkill, hail, storms, and droughts. The aim of the study is to analyze the expectations of crop insurance system participants and to reveal the reasons for encouraging/discouraging farms in insuring their crops in Lithuania. All additional means (optimization of crop structure, changes in growing technologies) reduce the reliable harm of extreme climate change, but only technical, organizational means (crop insurance) can mostly reduce the loss of production. The investigation was underway using the analysis of scientific literature. Crop producers’ expectations of risk mitigation are influenced by a variety of factors: age, farm size, farming duration, locality, and farming practice. Farmers assess the government’s given support by way of compensation insurance fees. Farmers analyze the risk of the meteorological phenomenon and indicate that the farm would have huge damage from adverse climate conditions. The main obstacles to crop insurance are these: the farmers are too small for the insurance system; they want to separate risks insurance and to attain more possibilities to choose from; accent development of evaluation and payment of harms after agreeing that the evaluation is objective. Full article
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