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Evaluation Of Risk Factors In Agriculture: An Application Of The Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) Methodology

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2011
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Toledo, Roger
Engler, Alejandra
Ahumada, Víctor
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Risk in the agricultural sector has multiple dimensions or factors and prioritization of these can support decision making. On the other hand, knowing the importance of these risk factors for distinct agricultural activities and how they vary according to geographic zone constitutes relevant information for agricultural development. The objective of this study was to prioritize risk factors that are highly relevant for farmers in Central South Chile. The multicriteria Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) methodology was used to define a decision structure with four risk factors or criteria: climate, price and direct cost variability, human factor, and commercialization. In general, results obtained showed that there are no important imbalances in the weightings of different risk factors. Price and cost variability was the most important factor (0.30) whereas climate was the least important (0.20). It also confirmed that there are spatial differences in the weightings obtained for the distinct risk factors which determine distinct risk levels for the respective agricultural activities according to geographic region.
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UVM - Universidad Viña del MarAcreditación
Nuestros Sitios
  • CREA (Biblioteca)
  • Repositorio
  • UVM en Medios
Calendario Académico
  • Diurno
  • Vespertino
Fono Admisión

800 37 4100

FONO ALUMNOS (CSE)

32 2462510 (Recreo)

32 2462637 (Miraflores)

32 2462693 (Rodelillo)

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  • Contacto
  • Denuncia de Acoso Sexual o Discriminación Arbitraria
Nuestras Redes Sociales
Universidad Viña del Mar

Agua Santa 7055, Viña del Mar

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Agua Santa 7055, sector Rodelillo, Viña del Mar.

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