Silveira, Luciana Torrezan; Burnquist, Heloisa Lee - In: Brazilian Journal of Rural Economy and Sociology (RESR) 47 (2009) 2
The basic hypothesis of this study is that producers do not realize, individually, the importance of adopting preventive measures, even aware of the economic risks for them and for the local economy, because outbreaks of some diseases are not frequent. Moreover, the presence of externalities...