Protective covers, such as high tunnels, are being used by specialty crop producers to enhance production quality and yields, expand or growing seasons, and protect crops from some extreme elements. While growing in popularity, one barrier to larger utilization includes the uncertainty regarding...

This work is a first attempt to analyze the effect of weather derivative availability on the risk management strategies in a multi-period setting, when crop activities take place twice a year. Rice production in Ecuador is used as a case study. Numerical solutions show farmers improve their...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Survey for current methodologies -- Chapter 3: Proposal of new methodology to overcome current methodological shortcomings -- Chapter 4: Risk quantification/visualization methodology -- Chapter 5: Discussion -- Chapter 6: Conclusion.

Part I: Overview of Development Finance Institutions and National Development Banks -- Chapter 1: Introduction to National Development Banks -- Chapter 2: Overview of Development Finance Institutions -- Chapter 3: Theoretical Perspectives and Rationale for National Development Banks -- Part II....

A risk map is a tool, based on various information systems, that aims to identify the activities or processes at risk, quantify the probability of these events and measure the potential damage associated with their occurrence. This kind of map provides three valuable contributions to a Manager:...