by
P.A.D. Secretan and C.E. Nash
AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT AND COORDINATION PROGRAMME
UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1989
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FAO 1989
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1.1 The Importance of Profitability
1.2 The Reality of Risks
1.3 The Concept of Risk Management
2.1.1 Production risks
2.1.2 Market-related risks
2.1.3 Consumer-related risks2.2.1 Physical risks of nature
2.2.2 Social and political risks
2.2.3 Liability
4. MANAGING AND CONTROLLING RISK
4.1 Absorb the Risk
4.2 Organization, Industrial Standards, and Codes of Practice
4.3 Divert the Risk
5. THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN RISK MANAGEMENT
5.1 Government Policy
5.2 Legislation
5.3 Production of Information