Risk management in agriculture

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Innovative agricultural insurance products and schemes

AGSF Occasional paper 12 (2007)

: Agricultural insurance is primarily designed to address the agricultural production or yield risks that are due to adverse climate. This AGSF Occasional Paper first reviews traditional insurance products and their problems and then describes some recently developed innovative products and schemes for risk management in agriculture, as well as a number of alternatives to insurance. It is intended to be an introductory guide for policymakers, farmers and insurance planners

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