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Which type of crop insurance for Kazakhstan? Empirical results

Heidelbach, Olaf; Bokusheva, Raushan; Kussaiynov, Talgat - Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in … - 2004

Risk plays an important role in agricultural decision-making, particularly in those regions that are remarkably exposed … conditions, risk attitudes and risk management techniques with respect to the requirements of a functioning crop insurance system …Risiko spielt eine wichtige Rolle im Entscheidungsprozess landwirtschaftlicher Unternehmer, insbesondere in Regionen …

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Crop insurance in transition: a qualitative and quantitative assessment of insurance products

Bokusheva, Raushan - Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in … - 2004

This discussion paper considers insurance as a possible instrument of farm income stabilization and compares several crop insurance products with respect to their applicability in a transition economy using the case of Kazakhstan. The analysis is based on a qualitative evaluation as well a...

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Natural Disasters and Agriculture: Individual Risk Preferences towards Flooding

Sauer, Johannes - Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften … - 2011

. It suggest a microeconometric method for measuring flooding related risk preferences of affected individuals. The method …-experimental approach to measure differences in the risk attitudes of farmers located in high flooding risk areas versus farmers located in … low flooding risk areas is followed. Changes in flooding risk related behaviour over time is analysed and marginal effects …

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Environmental indices for the Chinese grain sector

Karp, Larry S.; Chen, Ming - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2001

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УЧАСТИЕ УЧЕНЫХ-АГРАРНИКОВ НИЖНЕГО ПОВОЛЖЬЯ В РАЗРАБОТКЕ ЗАСУХОУСТОЙЧИВОЙ СИСТЕМЫ ЗЕРНОВОГО ПРОИЗВОДСТВА В 1920-Е ГОДЫ

ДВОРЕЦКАЯ Е.В. - In: ВЕСТНИК САРАТОВСКОГО … (2009) 3, pp. 134-136

В статье анализируется участие ученых-аграрников Нижнего Поволжья в разработке засухоустойчивой системы зернового производства 20-е гг XX в.

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Why do farmers quit from grain production in China? Causes and implications

Zhan, Jin-Tao; Wu, Yan-Rui; Zhang, Xiao-Hui; Zhou, Zhang-Yue - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 4 (2012) 3, pp. 342-362

Purpose – The number of farms engaged in grain production in China has been declining in recent years. Limited efforts have been devoted to examine why producers quit from grain production and how such exits affect China's grain output. Such information, however, is invaluable in understanding...

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Sources of agricultural growth in India: role of diversification towards high-value crops

Joshi, P.K.; Birthal, Pratap Singh; Minot, Nicholas - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

"This study examines the sources of crop income growth in Indian agriculture over the 1980s and 1990s. Using a method … diversification emerged as the dominant sources of growth in agriculture during 1990s. Diversification towards higher-value crops such …

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INCREASES IN DEMAND FOR FOOD IN CHINA AND IMPLICATIONS FOR WORLD AGRICULTURAL TRADE

Koo, Won W.; Lou, Jianqiang; Johnson, Roger G. - Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North … - 1996

China is experiencing rapid economic growth, resulting in increased demand for food. Estimates are made of Chinese production and consumption of rice, wheat, corn, and soybeans to the year 2005. Results indicate that China will become a large net importer especially of wheat, corn, and soybeans....

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INCREASES IN DEMAND FOR FOOD IN CHINA AND IMPLICATIONS FOR WORLD AGRICULTURAL TRADE

KOO, Won W.; LOU, Jianquiang; JOHNSON, Roger G. - 1996

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Weather index-based insurances for farmers in the North China Plain: An analysis of risk reduction potential and basis risk

Heimfarth, Leif Erec; Musshoff, Oliver - In: Agricultural Finance Review 71 (2011) July, pp. 218-239

). The geographical basis risk is quantified to analyze the spatial dependency of weather patterns between established … valuation are burn analysis and index value simulation. Risk reduction is measured non-parametrically and parametrically by the … change of the standard deviation and the value at risk of revenues. The geographical basis risk is quantified by setting up a …

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