Designing weather index insurance of crops for the increased satisfaction of farmers, industry and the government

Weather-based crop insurance is a powerful tool for stabilizing farmers’ income by providing timely payouts directly linked with weather parameters. However, its performance can be marred by faulty design, leading to high basis risk and insufficient payouts. This paper presents a new methodology for...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Paresh Shirsath, Shalika Vyas, Pramod Aggarwal, Kolli N. Rao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:Climate Risk Management
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212096318300998