Innovation in risk transfer for natural hazards impacting agriculture☆
Summary. Agricultural yields face significant risks from natural hazards, price fluctuations, and output variability. This paper examines innovations in risk transfer mechanisms for agriculture, particularly crop insurance. While wealthy nations use established crop insurance programs, these rely on subsidies unsuitable for lower-income countries. Yet lower-income nations with many small farms urgently need affordable agricultural insurance to protect farm households from catastrophic losses.
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Ibarra, H., & Skees, J. R.. (2007). Innovation in risk transfer for natural hazards impacting agriculture☆. Environmental Hazards. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envhaz.2007.04.008
Ibarra, Higino, and Jerry R. Skees. “Innovation in risk transfer for natural hazards impacting agriculture☆.” Environmental Hazards, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envhaz.2007.04.008.
Ibarra, Higino, and Jerry R. Skees. 2007. “Innovation in risk transfer for natural hazards impacting agriculture☆.” Environmental Hazards. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envhaz.2007.04.008.
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title = {Innovation in risk transfer for natural hazards impacting agriculture☆},
author = {Higino Ibarra and Jerry R. Skees},
journal = {Environmental Hazards},
year = {2007},
doi = {10.1016/j.envhaz.2007.04.008},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envhaz.2007.04.008}
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- 10.1016/j.envhaz.2007.04.008
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- United States
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- North America
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- food-systems, policy, climate-and-environment
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- 2026-04-28