Ceballos, Francisco
[Verfasser:in]
;
Qaim, Matin
[Akademische:r Betreuer:in];
Torero, Maximo
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft];
Mußhoff, Oliver
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]
Demand and design considerations for smallholder farmers’ weather index insurance products
Beschreibung:
This cumulative dissertation discusses a range of topics related to the demand for and considerations around product design of weather index insurance instruments aimed at smallholder farmers’ risk management. The second chapter, “Demand for a Simple Weather Insurance Product in India: Theory and Evidence,” uses survey and administrative data from a project conducted in Madhya Pradesh, India during the 2010-2012 period. As part of this project, a new index insurance product was introduced to protect smallholder farmers of rainfed soybean from both deficit and excess rainfall during two cons...