Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine a new insurance policy against natural disasters. Design/methodology/approach – The authors propose an optimisation model, which involves both the insurer and the farmer. The farmer decides to insure his farm if and only if insurance improves...

This article analyzes the consequences for risk distribution of the French Flood Prevention Action Programme (PAPI). By redirecting floods from the most vulnerable to the least vulnerable areas, PAPIs expose farmers to greater flood risks. This has led local water management institutions to...

High losses generated by natural catastrophes reduce the availability of insurance. Among the ways to manage risk, the subscriptions of participating and non-participating contracts respectively permit to implement the two major principles in risk allocation: the mutuality and the transfer...

This article examines the determinants of chemical consumption by French winegrowers on an individual basis. We introduce criteria relating to the structure of vineyards and the financial situation of the winegrowers. Using data from the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN-RICA) for the period...

While the use of chemical inputs in agriculture is increasingly under debate, this article examines the determinants of their consumption by French wine-growers at an individual level. We introduce criteria relating to the structure of vineyards and to their financial situation. Using data from...

Alors que les pesticides deviennent un objet d’études privilégié en raison de leur caractère potentiellement néfaste, cet article s’intéresse aux exploitations qui appliquent un surdosage de leurs intrants. Nous étudions les facteurs qui conduisent certains viticulteurs à surdoser...

In this article, we explore the factors leading winegrowers to apply pesticide doses exceeding the official recommendations. Our approach is founded on an original methodology that determines practices of overdosing by matching four databases in 2006: the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN);...

Alors que les pesticides deviennent un objet d’études privilégié en raison de leur caractère potentiellement néfaste, cet article s’intéresse aux exploitations qui appliquent un surdosage de leurs intrants. Nous étudions les facteurs qui conduisent certains viticulteurs à surdoser...

Currently there is ample discussion among EU Institutions (European Commission, European Parliament, and Member States’ governments) on the possibility of setting up a comprehen sive EU-wide framework on risk and crises in agriculture. With the changes introduced in the proposed...