Improving the Performance of Index Insurance Using Crop Models and Phenological Monitoring

Improving the Performance of Index Insurance Using Crop Models and Phenological Monitoring

Extreme weather events cause considerable damage to the livelihoods of smallholder farmers globally. Whilst index insurance can help farmers cope with the financial consequences of extreme weather, a major challenge for index insurance is basis risk, where insurance payouts correlate poorly with act...

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Main Authors: Mehdi H. Afshar, Timothy Foster, Thomas P. Higginbottom, Ben Parkes, Koen Hufkens, Sanjay Mansabdar, Francisco Ceballos, Berber Kramer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-03-01
Series:Remote Sensing
Subjects:
index insurance
crop yield
APSIM
leaf area index
phenological monitoring
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/5/924

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