Innovations in Agricultural and Natural Disaster Insurance

Innovations in Agricultural and Natural Disaster Insurance

Agricultural production has always been a risky endeavor, with farmers constantly dealing with unfavorable weather conditions, price variability and the threats of disease. Miranda and Vedenov consider recent innovations in this area and discuss possible applications of new risk sharing mechanisms t...

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Veröffentlicht in:American journal of agricultural economics 2001-08, Vol.83 (3), p.650-655
Hauptverfasser: Miranda, Mario, Vedenov, Dmitry V.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Agricultural economics
Agricultural insurance
Agricultural production
Crop insurance
Crops
Developing countries
Disaster insurance
Disasters
Economics
G220
Insurance
Insurance companies
Insurance industry
Insurance policies
Investment risk
Investors
LDCs
Markets for Agricultural Risk Insurance: Problems, Innovations and Incentives
Nicaragua
Q140
Rain
Reinsurance
Risk
Risk assessment
Weather
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Zusammenfassung:Agricultural production has always been a risky endeavor, with farmers constantly dealing with unfavorable weather conditions, price variability and the threats of disease. Miranda and Vedenov consider recent innovations in this area and discuss possible applications of new risk sharing mechanisms to agricultural insurance in the context of a developing country.
ISSN:0002-9092
1467-8276
DOI:10.1111/0002-9092.00185