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.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes2 Document Number: C12348
Notes:
Francis C. Byrnes Collection, Pages 581-593 in Borton, Raymond E. (ed.), Selected readings to accompany getting agriculture moving. Volume 2. Agricultural Development Council, New York, NY. 526 p.
Pannell, David J. (author) and Ghadim, Amir K. Abadi (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2003
Published:
Australia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27661
Notes:
Pages 113-133 in Bruce A. Babcock, Robert W. Fraser and Joseph N. Lekakis (eds.), Risk management and the environment: agriculture in perspective. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 204 pages.
Yu, Xi (author), Hailu, Getu (author), and Cao, Jessica (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2014-05
Published:
Canada
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 127 Document Number: D02720
Notes:
Paper presented at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association 2014 AAEA/EAAE/CAES joint symposium: Social networks, social media and the economics of food, Montreal, Canada, May 28-30, 2014. 30 pages.
