Factors influencing beef cattle farmers use of risk management instruments in the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil

被引：7

作者：

Carrer, Marcelo Jose ^{[1
]}

Franco da Silveira, Rodrigo Lanna ^{[2
]}

de Souza Filho, Hildo Meirelles ^{[1
]}

Brandao Vinholis, Marcela de Mello ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Fed Sao Carlos UFSCar, Dept Engn Prod, Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil

[2] Univ Estadual Campinas UNICAMP, Inst Econ, Campinas, SP, Brazil

[3] Embrapa Pecuaria SE, Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil

来源：

CIENCIA RURAL | 2013年 / 43卷 / 02期

关键词：

risk management; beef cattle; futures contract and forward contract; PROGRAMS; FUTURES;

D O I：

10.1590/S0103-84782013000200030

中图分类号：

S3 [农学（农艺学）];

学科分类号：

0901 ;

摘要：

The beef cattle price volatility is one of the main risks of this activity. To manage this risk, forward and futures contracts can be used by beef cattle farmers. However, the use of these contracts is quite restricted. The reasons are based on the characteristics of farmers and his business. In this context, this study aimed to identify the determinants factors of adoption of risk management mechanisms by beef cattle farmers in the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. A logit model was used to analyze data from a sample of 86 beef cattle farmers. The results showed that the factors that significantly affected the adoption of the risk management tools were farm income, technological intensity and business leverage.

引用

页码：370 / 376

页数：7

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