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416. Neglecting the risks of a project

15 May, 202430 June, 2025 by David Pannell6 Min Reading

There is a well-documented trend for people to neglect downside risks when developing and evaluating a new project. This is part of a general tendency

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415. Learning about the riskiness of a new farming practice

7 May, 202430 June, 2025 by David Pannell6 Min Reading

When considering whether to adopt a new farming practice, there are various aspects of the practice that farmers would like to learn about. One of

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414. Intuitive versus analytical thinking about risk

29 April, 202430 June, 2025 by David Pannell7 Min Reading

In his famous book, “Thinking, Fast and Slow”, Daniel Kahneman introduced many people to a wealth of research about how people make judgments and decisions,

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413. Diversification to reduce risk

22 April, 202430 June, 2025 by David Pannell5 Min Reading

Diversification is one of the most effective and widely used ways to reduce risk. There are many opportunities to diversify in agriculture. Diversification means doing

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412. Risk aversion and fertiliser decisions

16 April, 202430 June, 2025 by David Pannell6 Min Reading

This Pannell Discussions is about risk aversion and its influence on strategic decisions about the optimal rate of a fertiliser to apply, particularly nitrogen fertiliser.

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411. Benefit-Cost Analysis decision criteria

9 April, 202412 December, 2024 by David Pannell2 Min Reading

The question of whether to use Benefit: Cost Ratio or Net Present Value or Internal Rate of Return is “a world of confusion,” because textbooks

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