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inhibitors and Motivators of Adoption of Agricultural Insurance in Nigeria [PDF]

International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development, 2019
Agricultural risks constitute a fundamental challenge in Nigeria, hence the importance of agricultural insurance in managing farm risks cannot be underestimated.
Faosiyat Olajide-Adedamola, Luqman Abiodun Akinbile   +1 more
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A test on adverse selection of farmers in crop insurance: Results from Inner Mongolia, China

Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2017
Adverse selection is an operating risk of crop insurance. Based on survey data on crop insurance collected by questionnaires in Inner Mongolia, China, the paper uses non-parametric analysis and econometric models to estimate the relationship between ...
Yuan-feng ZHAO, Zhi-hui CHAI, Michael S. Delgado, Paul V. Preckel   +3 more
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Effect of Village Savings and Loan Associations on adoption of index-based crop insurance under limited liabilities

Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, 2020
A household survey and focus group discussions were conducted to quantify the general determinants of an indexbased crop insurance adoption under limited liabilities in Burundi, and specifically the effect of existing Village Savings and Loan ...
Marcien Ndagijimana, Marcel van Asseldonk, Aad Kessler, Jean Ndimubandi   +3 more
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Crop insurance demand in wheat production: focusing on yield gaps and asymmetric information

Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 2018
Analysis of yield gaps were conducted in the context of crop insurance and used to build an indicator of asymmetric information. The possible influence of asymmetric information in the decision of Spanish wheat producers to contract insurance was ...
Alba Castañeda-Vera, Antonio Saa-Requejo, Inés Mínguez, Alberto Garrido   +3 more
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Machine Learning Models for Predicting Romanian Farmers’ Purchase of Crop Insurance

Mathematics, 2022
Considering the large size of the agricultural sector in Romania, increasing the crop insurance adoption rate and identifying the factors that drive adoption can present a real interest in the Romanian market.
Codruţa Mare, Daniela Manaţe, Gabriela-Mihaela Mureşan, Simona Laura Dragoş, Cristian Mihai Dragoş, Alexandra-Anca Purcel   +5 more
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A Biomimetic Lubricant Captures Hyaluronic Acid In Situ to Regenerate Cartilage: From Bench to Bedside

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
(a) The outstanding lubricative properties of natural articular cartilage arise from a composite coating composed of HA, lubricin, and phospholipids at its surface. Notably, lubricin facilitates the enrichment of synovial HA onto cartilage surfaces, and HA complexes with phospholipids, a key component to maintain extremely low friction under high ...
Yongan Lin, Zijian Yan, Jiayi Chen, Xiaochao Wang, Ruibin Lin, Yunqi Fu, Zhaoying Lv, Bohui Wu, Xuewei Cao, Renjian Xie, Ming Dong, Chenxiao Zheng, Li Ren   +12 more
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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes, Amanda M. Countryman, Dustin L. Pendell   +2 more
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Risk Management Effects of Insurance Purchase and Organization Participation: Which Is More Effective?

Agriculture, 2023
Insurance purchase and organization participation in risk management is of great practical significance for stabilizing agricultural production and household income.
Yanyuan Zhang, Xintong Wu
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Markets Mitigate Land‐Use Competition From Energy Crops and Increase Farm Revenues

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Meeting the US Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge target of 35 billion gal annually by 2050 will require an estimated 380 million–700 million dry tons of agricultural biomass feedstock. This study evaluates the implications of large‐scale biomass production for land use, crop production, and market outcomes under mature market ...
Daniel G. De La Torre Ugarte, Matthew H. Langholtz, Chad M. Hellwinckel   +2 more
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The optimization of Three-echelon Agricultural Supply Chain under Crop Revenue Insurance

MATEC Web of Conferences, 2017
As the agricultural supply chain of is vulnerability due to the dual effects of natural disaster and marketable risk, the paper deals with the optimization of agricultural supply chain by introducing the crop revenue insurance for the first time. Firstly,
Wu Juncao, Shi Qiyuan
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