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The Adoption of Climate Smart Agriculture: The Role of Information and Insurance Under Climate Change

In: Climate Smart Agriculture

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  • Jamie Mullins

    (University of Massachusetts Amherst)

  • Joshua Graff Zivin

    (University of California San Diego)

  • Andrea Cattaneo

    (FAO of the UN)

  • Adriana Paolantonio

    (International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD))

  • Romina Cavatassi

    (International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD))

Abstract

Climate change adds to the existing challenges in improving crop productivity and welfare for smallholder agricultural households by affecting the mean and variability of weather conditions and the frequency of extreme weather events. In the face of such growing uncertainty, agricultural practices of small landholders need to be adapted to better manage the changing risk structures. Since government risk management programs may complement or substitute for farmer adaptation, this chapter examines how a range of institutional interventions might assist, obstruct, channel, or change smallholder agricultural adaptation to climate change. Taken together, our results underscore the importance of the informational role of the agriculture extension, suggest that insurance can lead to significant changes in farmer planting and land management decisions, and show how information about changing conditions and insurance can be complimentary in driving changes in farmer behavior.

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  • Jamie Mullins & Joshua Graff Zivin & Andrea Cattaneo & Adriana Paolantonio & Romina Cavatassi, 2018. "The Adoption of Climate Smart Agriculture: The Role of Information and Insurance Under Climate Change," Natural Resource Management and Policy, in: Leslie Lipper & Nancy McCarthy & David Zilberman & Solomon Asfaw & Giacomo Branca (ed.), Climate Smart Agriculture, pages 353-383, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:nrmchp:978-3-319-61194-5_16
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-61194-5_16
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    1. Westermann, Olaf & Förch, Wiebke & Thornton, Philip & Körner, Jana & Cramer, Laura & Campbell, Bruce, 2018. "Scaling up agricultural interventions: Case studies of climate-smart agriculture," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 165(C), pages 283-293.
    2. Senyolo, Mmapatla Precious & Long, Thomas B. & Omta, Onno, 2021. "Enhancing the adoption of climate-smart technologies using public-private partnerships: lessons from the WEMA case in South Africa," International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, International Food and Agribusiness Management Association, vol. 24(5), May.
    3. Collins-Sowah, Peron A., 2018. "Theoretical conception of climate-smart agriculture," Working Papers of Agricultural Policy WP2018-02, University of Kiel, Department of Agricultural Economics, Chair of Agricultural Policy.

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