risk and uncertainty in agricultural activities are being considered by agricultural producers as main obstacle in adopting new technologies and also mentioned as a hinder for the new agricultural investment. risk management is important and should be taken into account since uncertainty is inherent in the price and production as well as income of the farmers. in this paper, we study the role o...

crop insurance is a main tool for coping up with different adversities in farming. the purpose followed in this study was to identify the major motivating and determinant factors of re-purchase of crop insurance by and among already insured farmers. survey research and multi sectional sampling procedures employed used to select farmers. the sample consisted of two groups of farmers: 1) currentl...

agricultural insurance is the most efficient tool for governmental supports to deal with hazards. also, it has the highest capability to deal with hazards. agricultural insurance can be one of the most appropriate mechanisms for investment security in agricultural sector. the main purpose of this study was analyzing factors affecting development of wheat insurance in hamedan county. this study ...

How does access to formal microinsurance affect economic development? We report results from a large randomized natural field experiment conducted in southwestern China in the context of insurance for sows. We find that providing access to formal insurance significantly increases farmers’ tendency to raise sows. We argue that this finding also suggests that farmers are not previously efficientl...

The purpose of this study is that, whether inputs and insurance protection policy can effect on income inequality or not? The data which was needed for this study was gained by stratified simple random sampling from 573 wheat insured and uninsured farmers in North, Razavi and South Khorasan provinces in 1383. Result of this study showed that wheat farmer’s income tends to inequality as among th...

The study has assessed the performance of crop insurance scheme on beneficiary and non-beneficiary farms in Salumber tehsil of Udaipur district during 2008-09. The study has revealed that farm income per family is higher on beneficiary farms as compared to non-beneficiary farms. The progress of crop insurance scheme in Rajasthan has been found positive, as is evidenced through compound and line...

In 2016, China implemented the urban-rural coordination of basic medical insurance. order to judge whether farmers are satisfied with insurance system for urban and rural residents. this paper, Logistic regression model was used study satisfaction degree residents its influencing factors among 513 insured in 15 administrative villages H province. The found that five variables, including persona...