Improving the performance of index insurance using crop models and phenological monitoring

Extreme weather events cause considerable damage to the 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 act...

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Main Authors:	Afshar, Mehdi H., Foster, Tim, Higginbottom, Thomas P., Parkes, Ben, Hufkens, Koen, Mansabdar, Sanjay, Ceballos, Francisco, Kramer, Berber
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Inglés
Published:	MDPI 2021
Subjects:	insurance models data remote sensing leaf area index farmers crop yield yield forecasting smallholders extreme weather events livelihoods yields crop modelling
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142880