Agricultural risk management

Explore Government Support Measures and Implications of Crop Insurance from International Experience

Min-Hsien Yang
ABSTRACT Crop insurance is one of the more important branches of agricultural insurance, and because of global climate change, it is becoming more important for the financial wellbeing of the agricultural sectors across many countries. However, because many commercial insurance companies do not...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agricultural risk management
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Sustainable Growth in Crop Natural Disaster Insurance: Experiences of Japan

Futoshi Okada
  ABSTRACT A famous insurance professional said, “Insurance is the first choice and the last choice.” The axiom　means that we cannot get any protection without buying insurance but cost of insurance is so high that we have to engage loss control to reduce the total cost. One main...
Country: Japan Topic: Agricultural risk management
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Agricultural Insurance in the Philippines

Fezoil Luz C. Decena
Introduction Insurance is an instrument that is used to manage risks. In agriculture, insurance is a tool used to manage risks arising from the production of commodities, price variability, as well as climate and weather uncertainties. Risks from production is normally addressed by technological...
Country: Philippines Topic: Agricultural risk management
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Agricultural Insurance Extension Program: Mango, Rice, and Tilapia Included by Council of Agriculture

I Han, Min-Hsien Yang
Recently the extreme winter season caused a sever cold front and made very serious agricultural losses in Taiwan. Scholars asked the government to protect agricultural production from the loss of natural damages by using the agricultural insurance system. Council of Agriculture (COA) responded to...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agricultural risk management
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The Effect of Climate Change on Rice Production in Malaysia

Engku Elini Engku Ariff, Stephen Ramsden
Introduction The United Nations Millennium Development goals are to reduce hunger and poverty. This was the main reason for the UN declaration of the International Year of Rice in 2004. Rice is the source of more than 500 calories per person per day for over 3 billion people (FAOSTAT). By 2010,...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Agricultural risk management
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