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Dataset on Farmer Risk Preferences in Europe
(2020)The here presented dataset presents data obtained in a systematic review of the research on farmer risk preference measurement across Europe published in the following article: Iyer, P. Bozzola, M.*, Hirsch, S., Meraner, M. and Finger, R. (2020). Measuring Farmer Risk Preferences in Europe: A Systematic Review. Journal of Agricultural Economics 71(1): 3-26 doi: 10.1111/1477-9552.12325 Our comprehensive review of the literature ...Dataset -
Dataset on risk preferences and risk literacy for a sample of German agricultural sciences students
(2018)The data presented here contains information on risk preferences, risk literacy and personal characteristics collected from 244 German agricultural sciences students in an online survey in 2015. Two different risk preference elicitation methods have been used. First, we used an iterative multiple price list (iMPL). Second, a simple self-assessment of risk preferences was used. Moreover, we used two different frames of the iMPL (general ...Dataset -
Dataset on farm diversification decisions and farmers’ risk preferences in the Ruhr Metropolitan region (Germany)
(2018)On-farm non-agricultural diversification is increasingly important for many farmers to stabilize their income and to fulfill societal demand for integrated farming. Especially in peri-urban areas, where the potential for farms’ expansion in terms of farm size is limited and public interest in regional products and other services provided at farms is high, the uptake of on-farm non-agricultural diversification is thus an attractive strategy ...Dataset -
Drosophila suzukii in Swiss berry production – Data from a survey on risk management strategies in 2017
(2018)The here presented dataset is based on a survey that was conducted with Swiss berry growers with the specific aim to identify risk management strategies taken in response to Drosophila suzukii as well as to survey perceived infestation levels and harvest losses. The survey was conducted from mid-October 2017 to end of November 2017 and questions were related to the berry harvest of 2017 with in total 50 responses. Farm and farmers’ ...Dataset -
Drosophila suzukii in Swiss cherry production – Data from a survey on risk management strategies in 2017
(2018)The here presented dataset is based on a survey that was conducted with Swiss cherry growers with the specific aim to identify risk management strategies taken in response to Drosophila suzukii as well as to survey perceived infestation levels and harvest losses. The survey was conducted from mid-August 2017 to mid-September 2017 and questions were related to the cherry harvest of 2017 with in total 94 responses. Farm and farmers’ ...Dataset -
Drosophila suzukii in Swiss grape production- Data from a survey on risk management strategies in 2016
(2018)The here presented dataset is based on a survey that was conducted with Swiss grape growers with the specific aim to identify risk management strategies taken in response to Drosophila suzukii as well as to survey perceived infestation levels and harvest losses. The survey was conducted from end of January to end of February 2017 and questions were related to the grape harvest of 2016 with in total 372 responses. Farm and farmers’ ...Dataset -
Drosophila suzukii in Swiss plum production – Data from a survey on risk management strategies in 2016
(2017)The here presented dataset is based on a survey that was conducted with Swiss plum growers with the specific aim to identify risk management strategies taken in response to Drosophila suzukii as well as to survey perceived infestation levels and harvest losses. The survey was conducted from February to mid-March 2017 and questions were related to the plum harvest of 2016 with in total 112 responses. Farm and farmers’ characteristics were ...Dataset -
Dataset on German farmers risk preference, risk perception and risk management strategies
(2017)The extent to which people are willing to take on risk, i.e. their risk preferences as well as subjective risk perception plays a major role in explaining their behavior. This is of particular relevance in agricultural production, which is inherently risky. The data presented here was collected amongst a total of 64 German farmers in 2015. It includes results of three different risk preference elicitation methods (multiple price list, ...Dataset