Estimating farmers’ willingness to pay for weather index-based crop insurance uptake in West Africa: Insight from a pilot initiative in Southwestern Burkina Faso

Estimating farmers’ willingness to pay for weather index-based crop insurance uptake in West Africa: Insight from a pilot initiative in Southwestern Burkina Faso

Abstract Weather index-based crop insurance is increasingly becoming important as a risk mitigation strategy that farmers may use to mitigate adverse climate shocks and natural disasters encountered during farming. While Europe, North America, and Asia account for 20.1%, 55%, and 19.5% of the total...

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Main Authors: William M. Fonta, Safietou Sanfo, Abbi M. Kedir, Djiby R. Thiam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-06-01
Series:Agricultural and Food Economics
Subjects:
Climate change
Agricultural risk
Adaptation strategy
Weather index-based crop insurance
Contingent valuation method
Willingness to pay
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40100-018-0104-6

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