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This paper aims to analyse the rice production system in the lower Mondego Valley, in Portugal, in order to understand the main concerns of farmers and risk perception. A field survey was conducted and rice production systems as well as marketing systems were analysed. A study on the worries was also made and a correlational attempt was done, considering different types of risk. The results show a production system strongly oriented by agricultural policies and agri-environmental measures. The perceived risks mainly arise from rice production costs, prices and their relative instability which results from the uncertainty about the evolution of worldwide demand and production, and from the effects of global changes. However, the choices made by farmers, who possess sound knowledge of agricultural policies and marketing systems, are not completely correlated with their risk perceptions.
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This research was conducted within Project MEDWATERICE, PRIMA/0005/2018. This work is financed by national funds through FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., within the scope of the project «Centre for Natural Resources, Environment and Society-CERNAS: UIDB/00681/2020».
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de Fátima Oliveira, M. et al. (2021). Risks Perceptions on Rice Production: Baixo Mondego, Portugal. In: da Costa Sanches Galvão, J.R., et al. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Water Energy Food and Sustainability (ICoWEFS 2021). ICoWEFS 2021. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75315-3_13
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