Weather Index Drought Insurance: An Ex Ante Evaluation for Millet Growers in Niger

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 527-551

  Leblois, Antoine ^a   Quirion, Philippe ^a   Alhassane, Agali ^b   Traoré, Seydou ^b  

^a Centre International de Recherche sur lEnvironnement et le Developpement   (France)

^b Centre Régional AGRHYMET CRA   (Niger)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Index based insurance; Weather

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CONTRACTS; DAMAGE DETECTION; FERTILIZERS; WEATHER MODIFICATION; WEATHERING;

ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION; AVERAGE YIELD; EX ANTE EVALUATION; EXPECTED UTILITY; INSURANCE POLICIES; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; RISK MITIGATION; TRANSACTION COST;

INSURANCE;

ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION; CROP DAMAGE; CROP YIELD; DROUGHT; FOOD; MILLET; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; VILLAGE; WEATHER;

INDIA; NIGER [WEST AFRICA];

EID: 84896545353     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-013-9641-3     Document Type: Article

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