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Boucher, Stephen [VerfasserIn]; Carter, Michael R. [VerfasserIn]; Flatnes, Jon Einar [VerfasserIn]; Lybbert, Travis J. [VerfasserIn]; Malacarne, Jonathan G. [VerfasserIn]; Phiri Marenya, Paswel [VerfasserIn]; Paul, Laura A. [VerfasserIn] ; National Bureau of Economic Research

Bundling Stress Tolerant Seeds and Insurance for More Resilient and Productive Small-scale Agriculture

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  • Medientyp: E-Book
  • Titel: Bundling Stress Tolerant Seeds and Insurance for More Resilient and Productive Small-scale Agriculture
  • Beteiligte: Boucher, Stephen [VerfasserIn]; Carter, Michael R. [VerfasserIn]; Flatnes, Jon Einar [VerfasserIn]; Lybbert, Travis J. [VerfasserIn]; Malacarne, Jonathan G. [VerfasserIn]; Phiri Marenya, Paswel [VerfasserIn]; Paul, Laura A. [VerfasserIn]
  • Körperschaft: National Bureau of Economic Research
  • Erschienen: Cambridge, Mass: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2021
  • Erschienen in: NBER working paper series ; no. w29234
  • Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource; illustrations (black and white)
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.3386/w29234
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  • Schlagwörter: Maisanbau ; Saatgut ; Wetter ; Agrarversicherung ; Indexbindung ; Kleinbauern ; Subsahara-Afrika ; Arbeitspapier ; Graue Literatur
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    Mode of access: World Wide Web
  • Beschreibung: Risk often inhibits on-farm investment by smallholder farmers. Recent evidence indicates that index insurance and stress tolerant seeds can separately and partially offset this risk effect. In this study, we explore whether the complementarities between these two risk management technologies can be harnessed to underwrite a resilient, high productivity small farm sector. Utilizing a multi-year randomized control trial that spanned two countries and exploits natural variation in weather shocks, we find that drought tolerant maize seeds mitigate the impact of mid-season drought. Compared to farms in control villages, where shocks have persistent effects that reduce future investment and productivity, those with access to both drought tolerant seeds and multi-peril index insurance show greater resilience and immediately bounce back from shocks. Experiential learning is key to realizing this resilience effect: Farmers who experienced shocks intensify their subsequent use of the technologies and exhibit what we call resilience-plus, while those who did not experience shocks disadopt. Together these findings showcase important complementarities between these risk mitigating technologies and the crucial role learning plays in tapping their potential stochastic and dynamic benefits to small farmers
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