managers and development professionals, who are not insurance sector specialists, to weather index insurance. Ultimately, the … paper seeks to take the reader through the main decision points that would lead to a decision to embark upon a weather index …

Ethiopia is the second most populous country in Sub-Saharan Africa with a population of more than 110 million. With … one and half decades. By any measure agriculture is the dominant economic sector in the country accounting for a sizeable … as the impact of climate change and the policy responses of the Government of Ethiopia. The review clearly shows that …

The efficient use of inputs is indispensable in many developing countries, such as Ethiopia. This study assesses the … could improve technical efficiency. This implies that smallholder farms in Ethiopia can reduce the input requirement of …

The weather index-based insurances may help farmers to cope with climate risks overcoming the most common issues of … traditional insurances. However, the weather index-based insurances present the limit of the basis risk: a significant yield loss … may occur although the weather index does not trigger the indemnification, or a compensation may be granted even if there …

The impacts of extreme weather events on crop production are largely heterogeneous along the timing dimension of the …

The agriculture sector observed the penetration of parametric weather risk financial products, including weather index … insurance and weather derivatives, between the late 1990s and the early 2000s. However, the adoption of such products remains … that captures the moderators accelerating and inhibiting pricing structure and willingness to pay for parametric weather …