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Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Aditya, K.S. (author), Khan, Md. Tajuddin (author), and Kishore, Avinash (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2018
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10284
Journal Title:
Agricultural Economics Research Review
Journal Title Details:
31(2) : 163-174
Notes:
Via journal online., Agriculture is inherently a risky enterprise because of its dependence on rainfall. To mitigate
risks, farmers diversify crops and enterprises, maintain stabilization account or resort to the sale of assets. Crop insurance is a complementary institutional mechanism that aids farmers to cope with risks better.Considering the importance of crop insurance in risk mitigation, this paper using data from a large-scale farmers’ survey we identify the factors that influence farmers’ decision to buy crop insurance and subsequently assess its impact on farm income, production expenses and productive investments in agriculture. Farmers’ adoption of crop insurance is low— 4.80% kharif season and 3.17% in the rabi season mainly on account of lack of awareness about insurance products. Nevertheless, the probability of adoption of insurance is higher for those who experience higher crop loss and have some formal training in agriculture. The subsidy on premium also positively influences crop insurance uptake decisions. On the other hand, the factors like the lower social status, tenant farming and exposure to deficit-rainfall in the previous year are negatively associated with the decision to insure. The results on the impact of insurance are not conclusive to prove that insured farmer subsumes higher risks compared to the uninsured.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Haruna, Abdul-Aziz (author) and Baba, D. (author)
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
2017-02-02
Published:
Nigeria
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 168 Document Number: D08582
Journal Title:
SHS Web Conferences
Journal Title Details:
33
Notes:
7 pages.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Ndhlovu, Daud N. (author) and Masika, Patrick J. (author)
Format:
Online journal article
Publication Date:
2016-03-09
Published:
Zimbabwe
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: D08759
Journal Title:
Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research
Journal Title Details:
83(1)
Notes:
7 pages.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Ortega, David L. (author), Hong, Soo Jeong (author), Widmar, Nicole J. Olynk (author), Wang, Holly H. (author), and Wu, Laping (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2015
Published:
China
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Folder: 161 Document Number: D07843
Journal Title:
International Journal of Agricultural Management
Journal Title Details:
4(1) : 93-99
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Mulenga, Brian P. (author) and Wineman, Ayala (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2014-09
Published:
Zambia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 141 Document Number: D06292
Notes:
Accessed August 6, 2015., Working Paper No. 86. Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute, Lusaka, Zambia. 24 pages.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Silva-Andrade, Horasa Lima (author), Pires de Andrade, Luciano (author), Muniz, Lauana Souza (author), Telino-Junior, Wallace Rodrigues (author), Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino (author), and Lyra-Neves, Rachel Maria (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016
Published:
Brazil
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 170 Document Number: D09018
Journal Title:
PLoS ONE
Journal Title Details:
11(5)
Notes:
18 pages.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Kancans, Robert (author), Ecker, Saan (author), Duncan, Alixaandrea (author), Stenekes, Nyree (author), and Zobel-Zubrzycka, Halina (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2014-06
Published:
Australia: Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences, Department of Agriculture, Government of Australia, Canberra.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 191 Document Number: D02884
Notes:
Contents pages, introduction and summary are printed. Full document available online., Research Report 14.5 132 pages.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Liu, Tingting (author), Bruins, Randall J.F. (author), and Heberling, Matthew T. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2018
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 198 Document Number: D09653
Journal Title:
Sustainability
Journal Title Details:
10, 432
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Wei, Xuan (author), Guan, Zhengfei (author), and Zhu, Honggen (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2017-08-17
Published:
USA: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: D08317
Journal Title:
Agricultural Economics
Journal Title Details:
47 (6): 719-727
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Shaukar, Muhammad Rehan (author) and Shah, Iqridar Ali (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2014
Published:
Pakistan
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 141 Document Number: D06214
Journal Title:
Journal of Economic and Social Studies
Journal Title Details:
4(2) : 191-220