Is Weather Index Insurance Sufficient for Smallholder Protection? Emerging Insights from Rainfall-Index Calibration of Maize Crop Losses in Central-West Nigeria
Residual impacts from rainfall deficit and failures of traditional crop insurance to protect smallholders are resulting in economic losses threatening Post-Paris adaptation target in Nigeria. Weather index insurance is being considered as a possible pathway towards sharing farmers’ risks. This paper...
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Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri
2020-12-01
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| Series: | Revista Espinhaço |
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| Online Access: | http://www.revistaespinhaco.com/index.php/journal/article/view/316/261 |