Climate variability and the role of access to crop insurance as a social-protection measure: Insights from india

Development Policy Review

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages o57-o73

  Panda, Architesh ^a  

^a International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)   (India)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate variability; Crop insurance; India; Social protection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; CROP PLANT; INSURANCE SYSTEM; SOCIAL POLICY;

INDIA;

EID: 84885934392     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dpr.12039     Document Type: Article

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