The low observed uptake of non-subsidised index-based insurance policies in developing countries has been puzzling researchers for about a decade. This paper analyses the role of drought frequency in farmers' demand for index-based insurance in developing countries. While it is typically assumed that...
Farmers are facing increasingly extreme weather—floods, droughts, and storms that threaten food production and livelihoods. In this episode, we spoke with Associate Professor Liu Juan from China Agricultural University about how small-scale farmers, large agribusinesses, and rural communities are ...
Climate change affects agriculture in several ways. Changes to land temperature profiles can result in areas of land not previously climatically...Become a member and unlock all Study Answers Start today. Try it now Create an account Ask a question Our experts can answer your tough homework ...
“Smallholder farmers base what they do on what their parents did,” Langer explains. “But the rain spells are growing longer these days and a drop of rain is stronger now –crops aren’t used to that. One might not normally think of irrigating during the monsoon season, but you ...
A lack of snow-melt runoff and precipitation, in an El Nina year made worse by climate change, has left reservoirs at a fraction of their normal levels, endangering millions of people that depend on them including farmers and ranchers that need to irrigate crops/ water herds...
The Carnegie Institution estimates that around $5 billion in crop losses per year are due to global warming. Farmers see a decrease of about 40 million metric tons of cereal grains like wheat, barley and corn each year. Scientists discovered that an increase of 1 degree Fahrenheit in average ...
Industry leaders speaking at a webinar entitled Agriculture’s Brave New World: Empowering Asia’s farmers in an era of Climate Change. “Banks are taking a more cautious approach to loans during the pandemic. In India, lending to the agricultural sector has contracted by 1.8 per ...
Although water scarcity has an important political dimension (Metha, 2007), from the perspective of its physical and social dimensions, it can be observed how climate change is motivating farmers towards strategies to face the challenge. In spite of the complexity of hydrogeological information, farme...
Many couldn’t afford the $35 charged by stores for a 50-kilogram (about 110-pound) bag of poultry feed, said Francis Makura, a specialist with a USAID program aimed at broadening revenue streams for farmers affected by climate change. But maggot farming reduces produc...
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