Strategies used to manage climatic risk: Lessons from farmers with expertise in dryland farming

D.I. Gray; P.D. Kemp; P.R. Kenyon; S.T. Morris; I.M. Brookes; C. Matthew; M. Osborne

doi:10.33584/jnzg.2008.70.2725

Strategies used to manage climatic risk: Lessons from farmers with expertise in dryland farming

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D.I. Gray
P.D. Kemp
P.R. Kenyon
S.T. Morris
I.M. Brookes
C. Matthew
M. Osborne

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https://doi.org/10.33584/jnzg.2008.70.2725

Abstract

The management practices used by two brothers on their high performing summer-dry semi-finishing sheep and cattle farm were investigated over 2 1/2 years (2006- 2008). The study highlighted that in a dryland environment, the farmers designed their system to cope with both climatic variability and market risk. Keywords: management strategies, production risk, market risk, decision making, drought

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2008-01-01

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Volume 70, 2008, Blenheim

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