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Crop Insurance as a Strategy for Adapting to Climate Change

Salvatore Di Falco, Felice Adinolfi, Martina Bozzola and Fabian Capitanio (fabian.capitanio@unina.it)

Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2014, vol. 65, issue 2, 485-504

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Financial insurance for extreme events can play an important role in hedging against the implications of climate change. This paper combines a comprehensive estimation strategy and a unique panel dataset to study the role of financial insurance in farmers' welfare under uncertainty. Data are drawn from a large Italian farm panel dataset. We find that (i) demand for insurance products is likely to increase in response to climatic conditions, and (ii) that the use of insurance reduces the extent of risk exposure. We also find that farms growing more crops are less likely to adopt the insurance scheme. This confirms what is found in the theoretical literature. Crop diversification can be a substitute for financial insurance in hedging against the impact of risk exposure on welfare.

Date: 2014
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