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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Risk Management and its Role in Enhancing Perceived Resilience Capacities of Farms and Farming Systems in Europe
Contributor:
Spiegel, Alisa;
Soriano, Bárbara;
de Mey, Yann;
Slijper, Thomas;
Urquhart, Julie;
Bardají, Isabel;
Vigani, Mauro;
Severini, Simone;
Meuwissen, Miranda
Published:
Wiley, 2020
Published in:
EuroChoices, 19 (2020) 2, Seite 45-53
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1111/1746-692x.12284
ISSN:
1478-0917;
1746-692X
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<jats:title>Summary</jats:title><jats:p>In facing future challenges, risk management (<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">RM</jats:styled-content>) is essential for European farming systems (<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">FS</jats:styled-content>). This article synthesises lessons learned on <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">RM</jats:styled-content> based on a farm survey, interviews with farmers, and focus groups involving a range of <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">FS</jats:styled-content> actors. In contrast to previous literature, we broaden the definition of <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">RM</jats:styled-content> to include strategies that target long‐term structural challenges, as well as expanding the level of analysis from the farm to the <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">FS</jats:styled-content> level. The results were consistent across the different methods. We found that farmers mainly worry about economic challenges: in particular long‐term pressures. We also found that European farmers have implemented diverse <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">RM</jats:styled-content> strategies in the past five years, and that no single strategy has been applied by the vast majority of farmers. In line with perceptions of future challenges, there is a demand for the reorientation of <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">RM</jats:styled-content> strategies towards long‐term pressures, rather than short‐term shocks. <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">FS</jats:styled-content> actors were found to perceive <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">RM</jats:styled-content> as enhancing resilience capacities, especially adaptability. The results of interviews distinguished between major learning strategies and the attributes of farmers for enhancing robustness, adaptive or transformative capacities. Focus group discussions revealed that the future development of <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">RM</jats:styled-content> strategies requires contributions by all <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">FS</jats:styled-content> actors.</jats:p>