Picture-based crop insurance: A randomized controlled trial evaluating the impacts of using smartphone camera data for claims verification in India
Exposure to weather hazards, pests, crop diseases, and climate change threaten the livelihoods of many smallholder farmers in low- and middle-income countries. A lack of agricultural insurance has severe financial consequences for farmers in the aftermath of shocks; however, even in uneventful years...
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| author | Ceballos, Francisco Gaur, Pushkar Gupta, Monali Kannan, Samyuktha Kramer, Berber |
| author_browse | Ceballos, Francisco Gaur, Pushkar Gupta, Monali Kannan, Samyuktha Kramer, Berber |
| author_facet | Ceballos, Francisco Gaur, Pushkar Gupta, Monali Kannan, Samyuktha Kramer, Berber |
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| description | Exposure to weather hazards, pests, crop diseases, and climate change threaten the livelihoods of many smallholder farmers in low- and middle-income countries. A lack of agricultural insurance has severe financial consequences for farmers in the aftermath of shocks; however, even in uneventful years, it discourages risk-averse farmers from investing in profitable agricultural production opportunities, thereby limiting the adoption of practices and technologies that would improve productivity and income. As a result, many countries are focusing on agricultural insurance as a means of reducing farmers’ exposure to production risks and increasing investments. This report describes findings from an impact evaluation of a novel crop insurance scheme in the state of Haryana, India. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1757852025-08-19T13:08:36Z Picture-based crop insurance: A randomized controlled trial evaluating the impacts of using smartphone camera data for claims verification in India Ceballos, Francisco Gaur, Pushkar Gupta, Monali Kannan, Samyuktha Kramer, Berber crop insurance smartphones data impact randomized controlled trials Exposure to weather hazards, pests, crop diseases, and climate change threaten the livelihoods of many smallholder farmers in low- and middle-income countries. A lack of agricultural insurance has severe financial consequences for farmers in the aftermath of shocks; however, even in uneventful years, it discourages risk-averse farmers from investing in profitable agricultural production opportunities, thereby limiting the adoption of practices and technologies that would improve productivity and income. As a result, many countries are focusing on agricultural insurance as a means of reducing farmers’ exposure to production risks and increasing investments. This report describes findings from an impact evaluation of a novel crop insurance scheme in the state of Haryana, India. 2025-02 2025-07-23T20:55:50Z 2025-07-23T20:55:50Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175785 en https://doi.org/10.23846/B/IE/202501 Open Access International Initiative for Impact Evaluation Ceballos, Francisco; Gaur, Pushkar; Gupta, Monali; Kannan, Samyuktha; and Kramer, Berber. 2025. Picture-based crop insurance: A randomized controlled trial evaluating the impacts of using smartphone camera data for claims verification in India. Impact Evaluation Report 141. International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie). https://doi.org/10.23846/TW13IE141 |
| spellingShingle | crop insurance smartphones data impact randomized controlled trials Ceballos, Francisco Gaur, Pushkar Gupta, Monali Kannan, Samyuktha Kramer, Berber Picture-based crop insurance: A randomized controlled trial evaluating the impacts of using smartphone camera data for claims verification in India |
| title | Picture-based crop insurance: A randomized controlled trial evaluating the impacts of using smartphone camera data for claims verification in India |
| title_full | Picture-based crop insurance: A randomized controlled trial evaluating the impacts of using smartphone camera data for claims verification in India |
| title_fullStr | Picture-based crop insurance: A randomized controlled trial evaluating the impacts of using smartphone camera data for claims verification in India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Picture-based crop insurance: A randomized controlled trial evaluating the impacts of using smartphone camera data for claims verification in India |
| title_short | Picture-based crop insurance: A randomized controlled trial evaluating the impacts of using smartphone camera data for claims verification in India |
| title_sort | picture based crop insurance a randomized controlled trial evaluating the impacts of using smartphone camera data for claims verification in india |
| topic | crop insurance smartphones data impact randomized controlled trials |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175785 |
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