Agricultural markets and risk management -- Concepts of insurance -- Agricultural perils and risk modelling concepts -- Agricultural data and proxies -- Agricultural insurance -- Crop insurance -- Livestock insurance -- Aquaculture insurance -- Forest insurance -- Risk transfer to reinsurance...

This article explores the hedging potential of two weather index-based insurance programmes designed for the Rias Baixas Protected Designation of Origin (Spain). The first alternative insures both extreme and non-extreme weather events, while the second instrument covers exclusively extreme...

Various risks affect the income and the welfare of farm households. A large number of strategies are available to deal specifically with income risk. They exist against a general background of widespread government intervention that modifies the risks faced by farmers. In the context of...