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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Afshar, Mehdi H, Foster, Timothy, Higginbottom, Thomas P, Parkes, Ben, Hufkens, Koen, Mansabdar, Sanjay, Ceballos, Francisco, Kramer, Berber
Format:	Artículo preliminar
Language:	Inglés
Published:	CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security 2020
Subjects:	capacity development crop yield crop production agriculture food security crop modelling climate change
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110712