This presentation took place at George Washington University, United States on November 6, 2014 describing the research of essential heterogeneity measurements and constraining intervention in Mexico.

This presentation took place in University of California Davis, United States describing the debate of essential measurements and constraining interventions necessary to measure poor yields in Mexico.

In this paper, we study the adoption of an innovative rainfall insurance product designed to compensate low-income Indian farmers in case of deficient rainfall during the primary monsoon season.

This paper describes the contract design and institutional features of an innovative rainfall insurance policy offered to smallholder farmers in rural India, and presents preliminary evidence on the determinants of insurance participation.