Can a Weather-Based Crop Insurance Scheme Increase the Technical Efficiency of Smallholders? A Case Study of Groundnut Farmers in India
This paper analyzes the impact of a Weather-Based Crop Insurance Scheme (WBCIS) on the Technical Efficiency (TE) of smallholder groundnut farmers in the context of climate change in India. We use Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to study the TE of smallholder farmers, which range between 0.58 and 1,...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-08-01
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| Series: | Sustainability |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/16/9327 |