Index insurance quality and basis risk: Evidence from northern Kenya

ND Jensen, CB Barrett, AG Mude - American Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The number of index insurance pilots in develo** countries has grown tremendously in
recent years, but there has been little progress in our understanding of the quality of those …

Digital transformation of the agricultural sector: pathways, drivers and policy implications

M Khanna - Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The digital transformation of agriculture is enabling the collection of vast amounts of geo‐
referenced information about growing conditions within the field and facilitating the …

The impact of variety on the effectiveness of crop insurance with state support

K Zhichkin, V Nosov, L Zhichkina… - … series: earth and …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The article discusses the issues of agricultural crops varieties resistance in relation to
various natural and climatic factors. The damage from the occurrence of emergencies in …

Crop insurance, land productivity and the environment: A way forward to a better understanding

A Kurdyś-Kujawska, A Sompolska-Rzechuła… - Agriculture, 2021 - mdpi.com
Providing farmers with effective risk management tools and increasing the productivity of
factors of production, while limiting negative effects on the environment, is an important …

Climate, insurance and innovation: The case of drought and innovations in drought-tolerant traits in US agriculture

R Miao - European Review of Agricultural Economics, 2020 - academic.oup.com
This paper investigates the effects of crop insurance on agricultural innovation (namely,
drought-tolerant traits) in the context of climate change. A conceptual framework is …

[PDF][PDF] Indemnities to Russian farmers for losses due to extreme weather event losses: the challenges and opportunities

VV Nosov, DA Vorob'eva, EE Udovik, VN Zhenzhebir… - 2022 - dspace.emu.ee
The paper aims to examine indemnity payments to Russian farmers for weather-related loss.
Indemnity payments can be made as crop insurance payments or direct payments from …

The effect of agriculture insurance on agricultural carbon emissions in China: the mediation role of low-carbon technology innovation

S Jiang, L Wang, F **ang - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Global greenhouse gas emissions are increasing, with carbon dioxide being the most
prominent. It is urgent to address and resolve the carbon emissions problem. This study …

Risk management in agricultural production

J Tack, J Yu - Handbook of agricultural economics, 2021 - Elsevier
Risk management in agricultural production is a first order problem as producers' long-run
sustainability often depends on their ability to reduce the adverse effects of profit …

Efficiency impacts of utilizing soil data in the pricing of the federal crop insurance program

JD Woodard, LJ Verteramo‐Chiu - American Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Since the Agricultural Act of 2014, the federal crop insurance program (FCIP) has
been the cornerstone agricultural policy in the United States, and is the largest such …

Integrating high resolution soil data into federal crop insurance policy: Implications for policy and conservation

JD Woodard - Environmental Science & Policy, 2016 - Elsevier
Well-designed and executed policies are critical for aligning sustainability incentives and
enabling future agricultural productivity growth. In the US, government-administered crop …