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Why Didn't I Get a Payout? Understanding Farmer Choices, Index Insurance, and Basis Risk

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Index insurance, while heralded as a potential solution to alleviate poverty and food insecurity among agricultural households, has its own set of challenges, notably basis risk. Basis risk is the discrepancy between the insurance payout and losses incurred, posing a significant deterrent to the adoption of index insurance.
S. Lucille Blakeley, Sean Posey, Kathy Baylis, Daniel Osgood, Stuart Sweeney   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disaster risk reduction and Evangelical Christianity: a case for pluriversality in practice. [PDF]

Disasters
Watson SD.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Need for a Preparedness Training Model on Disaster Risk Reduction Based on Culturally Sensitive Public Health Nursing (PHN). [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022
Sofyana H, Ibrahim K, Afriandi I, Herawati E, Wahito Nugroho HS.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Crop Insurance Design and On‐Farm Risk Adaptation

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The United States spends billions annually on crop insurance premium subsidies, yet the prevailing distance‐based guarantee design unintentionally rewards risk‐taking by linking subsidies to yield variability. We consider a simple redesign: define guarantees in terms of probability so that coverage reflects a consistent likelihood of indemnity.
Gerald Van Tassell, Alan P. Ker
wiley   +1 more source

On the Economics of US Agricultural Policy

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents an economic analysis of US agricultural policy, building on a modified version of Gardner's efficient redistribution. We argue that agricultural policy is motivated as an attempt to implement an efficient redistribution scheme that redistributes income toward farmers who, as a group, have been adversely affected by ...
Jean‐Paul Chavas
wiley   +1 more source

Disaster risk reduction in Liberia

, 2012
United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) has created a concept for reducing disaster risks, strengthening capacities of vulnerable societies and bringing those into a transformation of sustainable development. The purpose of this thesis has been to take a closer look at this concept, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and how it
Holmgren, Teea Emilia, Moe, Anne Katrine
openaire   +1 more source

All Hazards Great and Small: Applying Disaster Risk Reduction to Environmental Justice Communities in South Carolina. [PDF]

Geohealth
Kilpatrick DJ, Long KD, Muhammad O, Porter DE, Sandifer PA, Sprayberry K, Altman K, Briggs S, Brittain B, Button N, Cooper JA, Cothran J, Dewitt B, DiSalvo T, Fraser-Rahim H, Greene C, Harris G, Washok-Jones K, Kimble S, Koester M, Kulkarni N, Maybank H, McGirr M, Owoh J, Reese R, Schaafsma M, Day Taylor J, Kelsey H, Koppa N, Wilson D.   +29 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The transition from development and disaster risk reduction to humanitarian relief: the case of Yemen during high-intensity conflict. [PDF]

Disasters, 2022
Mena R, Hilhorst D.
europepmc   +1 more source

Extreme Weather Events and Consumer Food Responses

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates consumer food responses to Hurricanes Helene and Milton, which affected a swath of the Southeastern U.S. in 2024. Using representative consumer survey data from six affected states, we analyze 10 distinct food responses classified into ex ante and ex post responses, and examine their associations with food insufficiency
Ahmad Zia Wahdat, Joseph Balagtas
wiley   +1 more source

Extent of implementation of the <i>Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act (RA 10121)</i> in the schools of Cabadbaran City, Philippines. [PDF]

Jamba
Daminar NL, Cabonce CB.
europepmc   +1 more source