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A Spatial Econometric Approach to Designing and Rating Scalable Index Insurance in the Presence of Missing Data
Index-Based Livestock Insurance has emerged as a promising market-based solution for insuring
livestock against drought-related mortality. The objective of this work is to develop an explicit
spatial econometric framework ...
Community typology framed by normative climate for agricultural innovation, empowerment, and poverty reduction
This paper employs the concepts of gender norms and agency to advance understanding of
inclusive agricultural innovation processes and their contributions to empowerment and poverty
reduction at the village level. We present ...
Designing index based livestock insurance for managing asset risk in northern Kenya
This article describes a novel indexbased
livestock insurance (IBLI) product piloted among pastoralists in
Northern Kenya, where insurance markets are effectively absent and uninsured risk exposure is a main
cause of ...
The potential and uptake of remote sensing in insurance: A review
Global insurance markets are vast and diverse, and may offer many opportunities for remote sensing. To date, however, few operational applications of remote sensing for insurance exist. Papers claiming potential application ...
Genome-Enabled Prediction Models for Yield Related Traits in Chickpea
Genomic selection (GS) unlike marker-assisted backcrossing (MABC) predicts breeding
values of lines using genome-wide marker profiling and allows selection of lines prior
to field-phenotyping, thereby shortening the breeding ...
Historical extension of operational NDVI products for livestock insurance in Kenya
Droughts induce livestock losses that severely affect Kenyan pastoralists. Recent index insurance schemes have the potential of being a viable tool for insuring pastoralists against drought-related risk. Such schemes require ...
Experimental Evidence on the Drivers of Index-Based Livestock Insurance Demand in Southern Ethiopia
While index-based microinsurance has attracted considerable attention, uptake rates have been weak in many low-income
countries. We explore the purchase patterns of index-based livestock insurance in southern Ethiopia, ...