How do small-holder farmers understand insurance, and how much do they want it? Evidence from Africa

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 153-161

  Patt, Anthony ^a   Suarez, Pablo ^a,b   Hess, Ulrich ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre   (Netherlands)

^c World Food Programme   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate adaptation; Insurance; Micro finance; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; FINANCE; INSURANCE SYSTEM; MICROAGGREGATE; SMALLHOLDER; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ETHIOPIA; MALAWI;

EID: 73049092934     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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