Catastrophic drought insurance based on the remotely sensed normalised difference vegetation index for smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe

Agrekon

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 418-432

  Makaudze, Ephias M ^a   Miranda, Mario J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

agricultural insurance; index insurance; normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) rainfall; remote sensing; satellites; small holder farmers

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78650645209     PISSN: 03031853     EISSN: 20780400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03031853.2010.526690     Document Type: Article

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