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Crop insurance as a climate risk management tool: Evidence from three districts of Punjab, Pakistan. [PDF]

PLoS One
Khan M, Sidhu KA, Waraich YM, Ghardallou W.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Can Crop Insurance Premiums Be Reliably Estimated?

This paper develops and applies a methodology to assess the accuracy of historical loss-cost rating procedures, similar to those used by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency (RMA), versus alternative parametric premium estimation ...
Ramirez, Octavio A., Carpio, Carlos E., Rejesus, Roderick M.   +2 more
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Drivers and Challenges of Micro‐Irrigation Adoption and Intensity in India: A Study of Four States

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT India's food security relies substantially on groundwater, but inefficient irrigation is seriously depleting this resource. Micro‐irrigation (MI) improves irrigation application efficiency and productivity, yet adoption remains low. This study examines MI adoption across four major Indian states—Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and ...
Gurpreet Singh, Vasant P. Gandhi, Arnab K. Laha   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preferences for index-based crop insurance in South Africa. [PDF]

Jamba
Jiba P, Christian M, Nxumalo K, Mmbengwa V.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

An economic evaluation of a crop insurance programme for small-scale commercial farmers in South Africa

Hail insurance is provided by the private sector in South Africa but crop insurance (drought insurance) programmes, after a promising start, failed to attract customers. A crop insurance programme (drought) for small-scale commercial farmers, who are not
Nieuwoudt, W. Lieb
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Are consumers willing to pay more for future organic? Preference for certified transitional labels

Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, EarlyView.
Abstract The organic industry in the United States (US) has never kept pace with consumer demand and heavily relies on imports. This paper investigates how consumers value certified transitional labels, indicating growers are transitioning from conventional to organic production.
Xuqi Chen, Jared Gars, Dinglin Duan, Zhifeng Gao, Xin Zhao   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Extreme weather events and crop insurance demand. [PDF]

Heliyon
Santeramo FG, Lamonaca E, Maccarone I, Tappi M.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Role of Panel Analysis in Identifying Asymmetric Information with Optional Unit Provision in Federal Crop Insurance

This paper has a two-fold contribution, first we demonstrate the relationship of spatial, temporal and residual yield risk estimated from a two-way panel random effects model to asymmetric information with an optional unit provision in the federal crop ...
Shaik, Saleem
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Get a GRIP: Should Area Revenue Coverage Be Offered through the Farm Bill or as a Crop Insurance Program? 2007

, 2007
The successful expansion of the U.S. crop insurance program has not eliminated ad hoc disaster assistance. An alternative currently being explored by members of Congress and others in preparation of the 2007 farm bill is to simply remove the “ad hoc ...

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Major Cybersecurity Breaches: Shaping Corporate Cybersecurity Policies and Closing the Gaps

Journal of Corporate Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As digitalization accelerates, cybercrime has intensified in both scale and impact over the past two decades. This study aims to critically examine major cybersecurity events, assess them through the lens of routine activity theory, examine insight from three other established criminological and organizational theories, and address central ...
Laura K. Rickett, Deborah Smith
wiley   +1 more source