Frontier studies in agricultural insurance

Inhibitors and Motivators of Adoption of Agricultural Insurance in Nigeria

Agricultural risks constitute a fundamental challenge in Nigeria, hence the importance of agricultural insurance in managing farm risks cannot be underestimated. As the crop sub-sector contributes about 85% of the agricultural GDP in Nigeria, this study focussed on awareness and factors that can enhance the adoption of crop insurance among crop farmers in Nigeria. Data collected from 310 random...

Agricultural Insurance in India Problems and Prospects

Pesticide use and biodiversity conservation in the Amazonian agricultural frontier.

Agricultural frontiers are dynamic environments characterized by the conversion of native habitats to agriculture. Because they are currently concentrated in diverse tropical habitats, agricultural frontiers are areas where the largest number of species is exposed to hazardous land management practices, including pesticide use. Focusing on the Amazonian frontier, we show that producers have var...

A Model of Agricultural Insurance in Evaluating Asymmetric Information Problems

The main motivation for this paper is the recognition of the fact that asymmetric information in the form of moral hazard and adverse selection results in sizeable efficiency losses. These costs are passed back to producers in the form of excessively high premium rates and also passed back to the government via the crop insurance subsidy program. A secondary motivation stems from a recent debat...

Risk Management: Pricing, Insurance, Guarantees Agricultural Insurance in Latin America: Where Are We?

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