Arbeitspapier

Small farmers' preferences for weather index insurance: Insights from Kenya

Smallholder farmers in developing countries are particularly vulnerable to climate shocks but often lack access to insurance. Weather index insurance (WII) is a promising innovation, but uptake has been lower than expected. WII contracts are not yet sufficiently tailored to the needs and preferences of smallholders. We combine survey and choice-experimental data from Kenya to analyze an existing WII program and how changes in contractual design might encourage uptake. Better training, higher levels of transparency, and offering contracts to small groups rather than individual farmers would increase willingness to pay. Basis risk does not seem to be a major constraint.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: GlobalFood Discussion Papers ; No. 93

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
Agricultural Markets and Marketing; Cooperatives; Agribusiness
Thema
climate risk
smallholder farmers
crop insurance
discrete choice experiment
Africa

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Sibiko, Kenneth W.
Veettil, Prakashan C.
Qaim, Matin
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Research Training Group (RTG) 1666 - GlobalFood
(wo)
Göttingen
(wann)
2017

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Sibiko, Kenneth W.
  • Veettil, Prakashan C.
  • Qaim, Matin
  • Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Research Training Group (RTG) 1666 - GlobalFood

Entstanden

  • 2017

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