Insuring crops from space: The potential of satellite-retrieved soil moisture to reduce farmers' drought risk exposure

Crop producers face significant and increasing drought risks. We evaluate whether insurances based on globally and freely available satellite-retrieved soil moisture data can reduce farms' financial drought risk exposure. We design farm individual soil moisture index insurances for wheat, maize...

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Main Authors: Bucheli, J. (Author), Dalhaus, T. (Author), Finger, R. (Author), Hirschi, M. (Author), Vroege, W. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2021
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