Crop Insurance Valuation under Alternative Yield Distributions

Developing Area Yield Crop Insurance under Alternative Parametric Methods: Case study for Wheat in East Azarbaijan Province, Iran

In crop insurance design, the yield guarantee and the premium are very important parameters, both of which depend upon the yield distribution. Accordingly, the accurate modeling of yield distribution is essential for designing crop insurance contracts. This study employs historical county-level yield data for irrigated and dry wheat in East Azarbaijan Province, Iran for 1975-2013 to evaluate th...

Modeling of Crop Yield Distributions

• Why do we need to estimate the entire distribution? The distribution of an economic entity is of fundamental importance to decision makers, especially if they are risk averse and the underlying distribution is not Gaussian, a situation that calls for consideration of factors beyond the usual mean variance analysis. In particular the tail distribution plays a particularly crucial role in risk ...

Crop Revenue and Yield Insurance Demand: A Subjective Probability Approach

Alternative crop rotations under Mediterranean no-tillage conditions: Biomass, grain yield and water-use efficiency

Yield potential and soil quality under alternative crop production practices for fresh market pepper

This study was conducted in Florida in 1999 and 2000 to examine the impact of alternative crop production practices on soil quality and yields of fresh market pepper (Capsicum annuum). Replicated field plots were established on an organic vegetable farm that had been under certification for 5 years and on a conventional pepper farm that had been fumigated with methyl bromide for 25 consecutive ...