Ranching involves complex decision-making and risk management in the face of uncertainty
about climate conditions. The profitability and sustainability of ranching depend heavily on …

Crop insurance premium subsidies affect patterns of crop acreage for two reasons. First,
holding insurance coverage constant, premium subsidies directly increase expected profit …

Determining farmers' real demand for crop insurance is difficult, especially in developing
countries, where there is a lack of formal financial sector integration and a high reliance on …

Agriculture represents one of the most vulnerable sectors to extreme weather events that are
projected to increase with climate change. Insurance has been advocated as a more …

Heat can cause substantial yield losses in crop production and climate change is increasing
the risk of this kind of damage. Weather index insurance can help to reduce the financial …

Climate change increases the need for better insurance solutions that enable farmers to
cope with drought risks. We design weather index insurance using drought indices based on …

Crop producers face significant and increasing drought risks. We evaluate whether
insurances based on globally and freely available satellite-retrieved soil moisture data can …

The impact of risk management on farm productivity is still being debated. Using survey data
from French and Hungarian farms, we estimate the impacts of different risk management …

Agriculture in Mediterranean climates, such as that of southern Spain, is highly vulnerable to
climate change, and particularly to hydrological drought. Financial instruments such as …

This book offers a broad introduction to food policies in the United States. Real-world
controversies and debates motivate the book's attention to economic principles, policy …