Weather indices for designing micro-insurance products for small-holder farmers in the tropics

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Weather indices for designing micro-insurance products for small-holder farmers in the tropics

Agriculture is inherently risky. Drought is a particularly troublesome hazard that has a documented adverse impact on agricultural development. A long history of decision-support tools have been developed to try and help farmers or policy makers manage risk. We offer site-specific drought insurance...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Nieto, J., Fisher, M., Cook, Simon, Läderach, P., Lundy, M.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13390

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