Leblois, Antoine; Quirion, Philippe; Alhassane, Agali; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2011
In the Sudano-Sahelian region, which includes South Niger, the inter-annual variability of the rainy season is high and irrigation is scarce. As a consequence, bad rainy seasons have a massive impact on crop yield and regularly entail food crises. Traditional insurances based on crop damage...