GESTÃO DO RISCO NAS PEQUENAS PROPRIEDADES RURAIS

Abstract

Agricultural activity has an important difference in relation to other sectors: it depends heavily on natural resources and biological processes. plants, animals and microorganisms do not behave with the precision of machines. The weather does not repeat itself same way from one year to the next and a fertile soil can, with mismanagement, lose their properties in some production cycles. It is a risky activity. Currently, these risks are greater, as contemporary agriculture is characterized due to the intensive use of capital. The financial loss from a drought can be gigantic. windfall, a severe frost, a crop failure or a sudden drop in prices.