Agricultural Insurance Schemes - 2Anno di pubblicazione: 2008
Tipo pubblicazione: Rapporto in formato elettronico
Autori: EUROPEAN COMMISSION JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen Agriculture Unit
Volume disponibile in formato elettronico.
This study focuses on the assessment of index tools for agricultural insurances. Index insurances basically differ from traditional agricultural insurances in that they do not refer to the actual farm losses, but to the losses evaluated from an index. This index can be, for example, some area yield or revenue, some meteorological or agro-meteorological parameter or a satellite imagery parameter. The analysis considers the coherence with the WTO agreements and the effectiveness to deal with the risk of substantial income reduction of farmers.
