Climatic variability has been acquiring an extensive consideration due to its widespread
ability to impact food production and livelihoods. Climate change has the potential to …

Climate change is transforming the risks individuals and households face, with potentially
profound socioeconomic consequences such as increased poverty, inequality, and social …

This study focuses on an agricultural supply chain with a capital-constrained manufacturer, a
bank and an insurer under three power structures: insurer-led Stackelberg (IS), bank-led …

Fair distribution of benefits from index insurance matters. Lack of attention to social equity
can reinforce inequalities and undermine the potential index insurance holds as a tool for …

Considering the worsening levels of food insecurity globally, studies exploring the link
between financial inclusion and food insecurity have become imperative. This paper …

Agricultural insurance is a significant driver of agricultural development worldwide. In this
paper, a fixed‐effects panel approach and instrumental variable regressions are used to …

Growth in total factor productivity (TFP) indicates the sustainable and/or judicious use of
scarce resources, including non-renewables. This paper identifies sources of growth in …

Extreme weather events increasingly threaten the economic situation of households and
enterprises around the world. Insurance against extreme weather events is among the …

African pastoralists suffer recurrent droughts that cause high livestock mortality and
vulnerability to climate change. The index-based livestock insurance (IBLI) program offers …

Index insurance is a promising avenue for addressing risk in developing countries, but pilot
index insurance projects are rarely scaled-up because demand remains disappointingly …