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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Main Author: David Olufemi Awolala
Format: article
Language:EN
PT
Published: Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri 2020
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/7adcde7ad7ed48ee98281cd49328a42d
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