Previous research indicates a correlation between leaf area index (LAI) and yield of full-season soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill], which is a single crop planted early in the season. Leaf area index values of at least 3.5-4.0 in the reproductive stages are required for maximum potential yield. It is unknown how yields of double-crop soybean, which is planted late into harvested small grain fi...

This paper examines the possibility of developing a risk management instrument by designing a financial security whose value is linked to the average revenue of a given area. This type of program is sufficiently general to be considered for any group of businesses that face production uncertainty. In agriculture, it has been proposed as an alternative to multiple peril crop insurance programs, ...

The study was conducted in Assosa district of Benishangul-Gumuz regional state, western Ethiopia, to assess major farm enterprises, agricultural risks and demand for micro-insurance services. Two peasant associations namely, Selga-23 and Kushmengel were selected to represent settler and native farming communities, respectively. Using simple randomized techniques, 86 respondents were selected fo...

This is correct if efficiency is defined in terms of labor effort, as the landlord’s share operates like a tax on the returns to a tenant’s effort. However, sharecropping provides insurance to the tenant against fluctuations in crop yield arising from reasons beyond his control, so if this insurance effect is incorporated also in the notion of efficiency then they need not be less efficient tha...

Remotely sensed data can be used to estimate crop type, amount and condition and such estimates, made at key points in the growing season can be used to predict the eventual crop yield. The launch of the Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) on the Envisat satellite offers other approaches to the remote sensing of crop yield and these are explored in this paper. This sensor is now prov...

Parametric insurance is a type of that contains an agreement related to triggering events between the insurer and insured determined at beginning contract. The provision applies if event occurs (insurance company) obliged pay sum money (compensation) insured. Insurance based on area yield parametric insurance. Ozaki formulated agricultural model yields in called method. loss this method probabi...