The feasibility of picture-based crop insurance (PBI): Smartphone pictures for affordable crop insurance

This paper describes and tests the feasibility of Picture-Based Crop Insurance (PBI), a new way to deliver affordable and easy-to-understand insurance. Under PBI, loss assessments are based on damage visible from a time-series of pictures taken by the farmer using regular smartphones. PBI aims at bo...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Ceballos, Francisco, Kramer, Berber, Robles, Miguel
Format:	Conference Paper
Language:	Inglés
Published:	International Association of Agricultural Economists 2018
Subjects:	insurance risk management crops losses social protection capacity development smallholders assessment crop insurance photography
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145896