RAINFALL-INDEX INSURANCE AND TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION: EVIDENCE FROM FIELD EXPERIMENT IN TUNISIA

被引：3
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作者：
Ragoubi, Noujeima [1 ]
Belkacem, Lotfi [2 ]
Ben Mimoun, Anouar [3 ]
机构：
[1] ISFFS Univ Sousse, Sousse 4054, Tunisia
[2] IHEC Univ Sousse, Lab Res Econ Management & Quantitat Finance, Sousse, Tunisia
[3] ISPT Univ Tunis, Tabarka, Tunisia
来源：
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT | 2013年 / 25卷 / 05期
关键词：
rainfall index; insurance; focus-loss model; varieties; durum wheat; optimal production; GAMS; expected net income; RISK; AREAS;
D O I：
10.1002/jid.2921
中图分类号：
F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号：
0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;
摘要：
This paper deals with the impact of rainfall-index insurance on the adoption of new varieties of durum wheat by Tunisian farmers. We use a mathematical programming model called focus-loss' to determine the optimal production of four representative farms in the region of Beja, in the northwest, with rainfall-index insurance and without rainfall-index insurance. Results show that the expected net incomes are higher under with rainfall-index insurance scenario. Furthermore, for the latter, optimal production structures include new varieties of durum wheat. Copyright (c) 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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页码：660 / 673
页数：14
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