Improving Index-Based Drought Insurance in Varying Topography: Evaluating Basis Risk Based on Perceptions of Nicaraguan Hillside Farmers

This paper discusses a methodology to model precipitation indices and premium prices for index-based drought insurance for smallholders. Spatial basis risk, which is borne by the insured, is a problem, especially in variable topography. Also, site-specific drought risk needs to be estimated accurate...

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Autores principales: Kost, André, Läderach, Peter, Fisher, Myles, Cook, Simon, Gómez, Lorena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3519887/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23240020
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051412

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3519887/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23240020
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051412

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