Rapid and Integrated Agriculture Risk Management Review for Brazil : Towards an Integrated Vision

The agriculture sector of Brazil faces a large number of risks linked to the productive process, which has led to substantial losses to the country in the past years. An adequate and integrated management of those risks can leave farmer incomes les...

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Language:English
Published: World Bank, Brasilia 2019
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/914951562828945392/Rapid-and-Integrated-Agriculture-Risk-Management-Review-for-Brazil-Towards-an-Integrated-Vision
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spelling okr-10986-322052021-05-25T09:26:40Z Rapid and Integrated Agriculture Risk Management Review for Brazil : Towards an Integrated Vision World Bank AGRICULTURE RISK MANAGEMENT CLIMATE RISK PUBLIC POLICY AVIAN FLU FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE MAD COW DISEASE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE ENVIRONMENTAL RISK The agriculture sector of Brazil faces a large number of risks linked to the productive process, which has led to substantial losses to the country in the past years. An adequate and integrated management of those risks can leave farmer incomes less exposed to losses, benefiting the sector and the country as a whole. Therefore, given the always-present resource limitation, it is important to maximize the economic returns of agriculture risk management actions. Brazil built important agriculture risk management policies and programs, but there are several signs that it is possible to improve their efficiency of effectiveness with more coordination and a prioritization in the treatment of gaps and opportunities. The objective of this work was to undertake a rapid and integrated review of agriculture risk management in Brazil, identifying gaps and opportunities for improving current public policies and programs at the federal level in the short and long term. Beyond potential improvements in specific agriculture risk management policies and programs, an improved coordination and integration of current tools can reduce the risk profile of the sector. In this context, the World Bank, Brazilian Agriculture Research Company (Embrapa ) and Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA) put forward a rapid and integrated review of agriculture risk management in Brazil. This rapid review suggests that actions that seek the implementation of an integrated agriculture risk management vision are supported by society at large and by the public sector’s interest. Finally, planning requires the need for a stable institutional framework, which calls for a national plan and an agriculture law, with at least a five-year horizon and that must consider not only the agriculture risk management issues, but also rural development ones. 2019-08-07T16:16:34Z 2019-08-07T16:16:34Z 2017 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/914951562828945392/Rapid-and-Integrated-Agriculture-Risk-Management-Review-for-Brazil-Towards-an-Integrated-Vision http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32205 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Brasilia Economic & Sector Work :: Other Agriculture Study Economic & Sector Work Latin America & Caribbean Brazil
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topic AGRICULTURE
RISK MANAGEMENT
CLIMATE RISK
PUBLIC POLICY
AVIAN FLU
FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE
MAD COW DISEASE
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE
ENVIRONMENTAL RISK
spellingShingle AGRICULTURE
RISK MANAGEMENT
CLIMATE RISK
PUBLIC POLICY
AVIAN FLU
FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE
MAD COW DISEASE
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE
ENVIRONMENTAL RISK
World Bank
Rapid and Integrated Agriculture Risk Management Review for Brazil : Towards an Integrated Vision
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Brazil
description The agriculture sector of Brazil faces a large number of risks linked to the productive process, which has led to substantial losses to the country in the past years. An adequate and integrated management of those risks can leave farmer incomes less exposed to losses, benefiting the sector and the country as a whole. Therefore, given the always-present resource limitation, it is important to maximize the economic returns of agriculture risk management actions. Brazil built important agriculture risk management policies and programs, but there are several signs that it is possible to improve their efficiency of effectiveness with more coordination and a prioritization in the treatment of gaps and opportunities. The objective of this work was to undertake a rapid and integrated review of agriculture risk management in Brazil, identifying gaps and opportunities for improving current public policies and programs at the federal level in the short and long term. Beyond potential improvements in specific agriculture risk management policies and programs, an improved coordination and integration of current tools can reduce the risk profile of the sector. In this context, the World Bank, Brazilian Agriculture Research Company (Embrapa ) and Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA) put forward a rapid and integrated review of agriculture risk management in Brazil. This rapid review suggests that actions that seek the implementation of an integrated agriculture risk management vision are supported by society at large and by the public sector’s interest. Finally, planning requires the need for a stable institutional framework, which calls for a national plan and an agriculture law, with at least a five-year horizon and that must consider not only the agriculture risk management issues, but also rural development ones.
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title Rapid and Integrated Agriculture Risk Management Review for Brazil : Towards an Integrated Vision
title_short Rapid and Integrated Agriculture Risk Management Review for Brazil : Towards an Integrated Vision
title_full Rapid and Integrated Agriculture Risk Management Review for Brazil : Towards an Integrated Vision
title_fullStr Rapid and Integrated Agriculture Risk Management Review for Brazil : Towards an Integrated Vision
title_full_unstemmed Rapid and Integrated Agriculture Risk Management Review for Brazil : Towards an Integrated Vision
title_sort rapid and integrated agriculture risk management review for brazil : towards an integrated vision
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publishDate 2019
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