Productivity, credit, risk, and the demand for weather index insurance in smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia

Agricultural Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 44, Issue 4-5, 2013, Pages 399-417

  Mcintosh, Craig ^a   Sarris, Alexander ^b   Papadopoulos, Fotis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ethiopia agriculture; Fertilizer; Weather index insurance

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INSURANCE INDUSTRY; PROFITABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SMALLHOLDER; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84880160715     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/agec.12024     Document Type: Article

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