Improving performance of index insurance using crop models and phenological monitoring

Extreme weather events cause considerable damage to livelihoods of smallholder farmers globally. Whilst index insurance can help farmers cope with the financial consequences of extreme weather, a major challenge for index insurance is basis risk, where insurance payouts correlate poorly with actual...

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Autores principales: Afshar, Mehdi H, Foster, Timothy, Higginbottom, Thomas P, Parkes, Ben, Hufkens, Koen, Mansabdar, Sanjay, Ceballos, Francisco, Kramer, Berber
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110712

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