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Control over future payouts and willingness to pay for insurance: Experimental evidence from Kenyan farmers
Effectiveness of a remote agricultural extension program in times of crisis: Experimental evidence from Myanmar
Agricultural extension can have important impacts on vulnerable populations by increasing food production, which improves both rural incomes and urban food security.
Weather variability and extreme shocks in Africa: Are female or male farmers more affected?
African agriculture is highly sensitive to weather variability and extreme weather shocks. The question of how weather events affect participation in agricultural employment—including from a gender perspective—remains unanswered.
Risk preference and adoption of risk management strategies: Evidence from high-value crop production in emerging economy
Risk and risk preferences are considered as important drivers on farm management, crop choice, and land use decisions. A farmer’s choice of risk management strategies is of vital importance for the viability and continuation of the farm business.
Effect of conflict and food price shocks on calorie intake and acute malnutrition in Nigeria: A micro-panel data analysis
Food insecurity and malnutrition are being worsened in countries that are exposed to armed conflict. Nigeria has witnessed a decade of protracted armed conflict and civil unrest.
The feasibility of picture-based crop insurance (PBI): Smartphone pictures for affordable crop insurance
This paper describes and tests the feasibility of Picture-Based Crop Insurance (PBI), a new way to deliver affordable and easy-to-understand insurance.
Enhancing adaptive capacity through climate-smart insurance: Theory and evidence from India
Bundling agricultural insurance with climate-smart technologies and practices (CSA) can help improve risk management for smallholder farmers. This paper analyzes how bundling affects demand for insurance and CSA.
New modalities for managing drought risk in rainfed agriculture
Poverty and climate in Africa south of the Sahara
While rural households in developing countries deploy a series of risk coping strategies to insulate against shocks, their effectiveness relies extraordinarily on the nature of the shocks.