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Analysis of Rainfall through Space - Time during 1999-2014 in Salem District, South India [PDF]
, 2016 The present study deals about the Rainfall assessment using various recent techniques with the help of remote sensing and GIS in Salem District, South India.
Arulbalaji, P. (P), Gurugnanam, B. (B)
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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 +4 more
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Advances in Meteorology, 2015 This study examined the extent of seasonal rainfall variability, drought occurrence, and the efficacy of interpolation techniques in eastern Kenya.
M. Oscar Kisaka +5 more
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Why should space-time variability of rainfall be considered in precision agriculture for soybean in Piracicaba, São Paulo state? [PDF]
Scientia AgricolaBrazil ranks among the world's largest soybean producers; however, significant gaps in crop yield still exist, primarily linked to weather conditions. This study quantifies rainfall spatial variability using two dense networks of rain gauges and examines
Thais Letícia dos Santos +5 more
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Rainfall Variability and its Impact on Dryland Cropping in Victoria [PDF]
Conventional wisdom holds that rainfall variability represents a significant source of agriculture production risk. Surprisingly, there have been very few economic analyses exploring the link between rainfall variability and agriculture production.
Ha, Arthur +3 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Increased frequency of extreme weather events, particularly droughts, threatens grassland farming by destabilizing yields and farms' economic viability. We examine, theoretically and through numerical simulations, how sown plant diversity (natural insurance) influences the attractiveness of indemnity and drought index insurance (formal ...
Nicolas Alou +3 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract The vegetable market experiences significant price fluctuations due to the complex interplay of trend, cyclical, seasonal, and irregular factors. This study takes Korean green onions as an example and employs the Christiano–Fitzgerald filter and the CensusX‐13 seasonal adjustment methods to decompose its price into four components: trend ...
Yiyang Qiao, Byeong‐il Ahn
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Spatio-temporal analysis of rainfall variability and seasonality over Tekeze River Basin, Ethiopia
Geocarto InternationalThis study examined the temporal patterns and spatial distribution of rainfall using Enhancing National Climate Services (ENACTS) time-series data from 1991 to 2020.
Tilahun Sewagegn Asaye +2 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
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Rainfall Variability and Trend Analysis over Lokoja, Nigeria
Covenant Journal of Engineering Technology, 2020 Studies on rainfall variability and trends are of great importance, particularly to the nations where rainfed agriculture is predominant. This study used CRU data (CRU_TS 4.01) to examine the temporal variability of rainfall data over Lokoja. Statistical
Animashaun I. M. +2 more
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