Index-based insurance for climate risk management and rural development in Syria

Climate and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 166-178

  Bobojonov, Ihtiyor ^a   Aw Hassan, Aden ^b   Sommer, Rolf ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES IAMO   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^c International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)   (Kenya)

Author keywords

climate change; food security; income stabilization; NDVI; rainfall deficit

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899932068     PISSN: 17565529     EISSN: 17565537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2013.844676     Document Type: Article

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