This paper measures the impacts of perceived risk reduction and objective risk reduction at the individual level using two instrumental variable strategies. The results show that households who felt insured increased their area in cotton by more than 60%.
This paper steps back and considers theoretically where index insurance might be most effective, and whether it should be offered as a stand alone contract, or explicitly interlinked with credit contracts.
This presentation took place in Paris, France on June 25, 2014 describing the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of an integrated social protection schemes.
This paper describes how a game was designed, how it was used in the field, and presents findings on how individuals played the game to introduce index based livestock insurance (IBLI).
This paper examines South Africa's Land Redistribution for Agricultural Development (LRAD) program. The estimates show that living standards initially drop and then, after 3–4 years, rise to 150% of their pre-transfer level. These results are statistically significant and robust to a statistically more conservative identification strategy.
This presentation took place in University of California Davis, United States describing joint liability creating tensions between cotton cooperatives and villages in Mali.
This presentation took place in University of California Davis, United States describing how large seed companies can ignore the needs of smallholder farmers.
This presentation took place in University of California Davis, United States describing 100 percent adoption and adoption intensity of hybrid seeds in Kenya could be overly optimistic.
