Weather index
The viability of weather index insurance in managing drought risk by Australian wheat farmers
... of weather index insurance in the context of Australia remains inconclusive (Bardsley, Abey & Davenport 1984; Bardsley 1986; Quiggin 1986; Quiggin & Chambers 2004) and has been left for too long ...
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Assessing farmer’s understanding to weather index insurance in tigray region
... House hold level primary data collected during 2010 and 2011 in Tigray region, Northern Ethiopia using structured survey instrument was used in this study. Besides, secondary sources about the weather index ...
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Viability of weather index insurance in managing drought risk in Australia
... and weather index ...an index based risk transfer product called weather index insurance was ...particular weather variable of interest was ...of weather index ...
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Farmers' willingness to participate and pay for, and agricultural extension officers' disposition to communicate weather index based insurance scheme in Ghana : the case of the Upper East Region : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of AgriCommerce at Massey University, Manawatu Campus, Palmerston North, New Zealand
... Ghana's agriculture is rain-fed, and drought causes reductions in farm household food supply, and income especially in the Upper East Region. Due to the impact of drought on farm household livelihood, weather ...
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Impact of Weather Index Insurance on Household Demand for Fertilizer in Tigray Region
... the weather related agricultural shocks index insurance program is being developed in ...of index insurance on farmers demand for fertilizer by using panel data of HARITA project of 2010/11 household ...
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Features and Pricing of Weather Index Insurance —based on rice temperature index insurance in Wangqing county
... Weather index insurance refers to the indexation of the impact of one or more climatic conditions on the extent of crop ...Therefore, weather index insurance products have become a new attempt ...
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Weather index insurance for managing drought risk in smallholder agriculture: lessons and policy implications for sub-Saharan Africa
... whether weather index insurance really works – particularly in terms of per- formance so far, and the inherent problems related to the accuracy of indices ...of weather index insurance); and ...
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Sensitivity of fire weather index to different reanalysis products in the Iberian Peninsula
... factors. Weather and climate are key factors in determining fire oc- currence and spread ...tween weather and climate and fires is important to imple- ment effective fire prevention policies; moreover, in a ...
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Calibration and evaluation of the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index (FWI) System for improved wildland fire danger rating in the United Kingdom
... fire-prone weather, wildfires can occur simultaneously across large areas, placing con- siderable stress upon the resources of fire and rescue ser- ...Severity Index (MOFSI), is based on the Fire ...
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Spatial temporal distribution of forest fires and fire weather index calculation from 2000 to 2009 in China
... Spread Index (ISI) shows the expected rate of fire spread, the Build-Up Index (BUI) indicates the total amount of fuel available for ...Fire Weather Index (FWI) shows the fire in- tensity that ...
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Prospects of Weather Index-Based Crop Insurance in Bangladesh
... started Weather Index Insurance since 2015 by supporting of World Bank group in ...‘Weather Index-Based Crop Insurance ...of weather index-based crop insurance in Bangladesh and ...
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Farmers' willingness to participate and pay for, and agricultural extension officers' disposition to communicate weather index based insurance scheme in Ghana : the case of the Upper East Region : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of AgriCommerce at Massey University, Manawatu Campus, Palmerston North, New Zealand
... rainfall index insurance (Giesbert, Steiner, & Bendig, 2011; Giné, Townsend, & Vickery, ...supported weather insurance scheme for farmers to mitigate the effects of weather variability in ...
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Small farmers’ preferences for weather index insurance: insights from Kenya
... In addition, we analyze the possible role of insurance contracts with farmer groups instead of individual farm- ers. Group contracts are being proposed as a potential mechanism to increase WII uptake in the small-farm ...
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Comparison of Methods for the Assessment of Fire Danger in the Czech Republic
... on weather variables was analyzed with a special focus on the Czech ...fire weather danger indices that are the basis of fire danger rating systems used in different parts of the world were assessed: the ...
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Forest fire danger rating in complex topography – results from a case study in the Bavarian Alps in autumn 2011
... Fire Weather Index (FFWI), McArthur’s Forest Fire Danger Index (FFDI), Fire Weather Index (FWI), Duff Mois- ture Code (DMC) and Fine Fuel Moisture Code (FFMC), as well as hourly ...
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Measuring the dependence structure between yield and weather variables
... To assess the posterior predictive loss, we estimated model specifications (6) and (14), i.e. without time effect and with time effect, captured by means of the logarithmic function, for the sub-period from 1961 to 1995. ...
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Index-based agricultural insurance products: challenges, opportunities and prospects for uptake in sub-Sahara Africa
... The Horn of Africa Risk Transfer and Adaptation pro- ject (HARITA) developed a more participatory weather index insurance product in Ethiopia. Through the cre- ation of employment opportunities, HARITA ...
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1. Iot sensor based zone specific weather forecasting and environmental monitoring system
... the weather stations which are collecting data for either a global model or regional ...a weather station present in a computational grid can be used for taking the average reading of that ...and ...
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Airborne Particulate Matter and Meteorological Interactions during the Haze Period in Malaysia
... with the meteorological factors (namely on temperature, wind speed and ultraviolet intensity) at different monitoring stations (at different type of land use). Twelve (12) multiple regression models with interactions for ...
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Index of /Manuals/Scanners
... National Weather Radio (NWR) is a service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...National Weather Service", NWR is a continuous broadcast of the latest weather and hazard alert ...
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