Household margin insurance of agricultural sector in Indonesia using a farmer exchange rate index

Atina Ahdika, Dedi Rosadi, Adhitya Ronnie Effendie and Gunardi

Agricultural Finance Review, 2020, vol. 81, issue 2, 169-188

Abstract: Purpose - Farmer exchange rate (FER) is the ratio between a farmer's income and expenditure and is also an indicator of farmers’ welfare. There is little research regarding its use in risk modeling in crop insurance. This study seeks to propose a design for a household margin insurance scheme of the agricultural sector based on FER. Design/methodology/approach - This research employs various risk modeling concepts, i.e. value at risk, loss models and premium calculation, to construct the proposed model. The standard linear, static and time-varying copula models are used to identify the dependency between variables involved in calculating FER. Findings - First, FER can be considered as the primary variable for risk modeling in agricultural household margin insurance because it demonstrates farmers’ financial ability. Second, temporal dependence estimated using the time-varying copula can minimize errors, reduce the premium rate and result in a tighter guarantee's level of security. Originality/value - This research extends the previous similar studies related to the use of index ratio in margin insurance loss modeling. Its authenticity is in the use of FER, which represents the farmers' trading capability. FER determines farmers’ losses by considering two aspects: the farmers’ income rate and their ability to fulfill their life and farming needs. Also, originality exists in the use of the time-varying copulas in identifying the dependence of the indices involved in calculating FER.

Keywords: Farmer exchange rate; Household margin insurance; Linear model; Premium; Static copula; Time-varying copula (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1108/AFR-11-2019-0117

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