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DOI 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.06.011
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Title (Primary) Pitfalls and potential of institutional change: rain-index insurance and the sustainability of rangeland management
Author Müller, B. ORCID logo ; Quaas, M.F.; Frank, K. ORCID logo ; Baumgärtner, S.
Source Titel Ecological Economics
Year 2011
Department OESA
Volume 70
Issue 11
Page From 2137
Page To 2144
Language englisch
Keywords Ecological–economic modeling; Weather-index insurance; Namibia; Risk; Grazing management; Africa
Abstract

Rain-index insurance is strongly advocated in many parts of the developing world to help farmers to cope with climatic risk that prevails in (semi-)arid rangelands due to low and highly uncertain rainfall. We present a modeling analysis of how the availability of rain-index insurance affects the sustainability of rangeland management. We show that a rain-index insurance with frequent payoffs, i.e. a high strike level, leads to the choice of less sustainable grazing management than without insurance available. However, rain-index insurance with a low to medium strike level enhances the farmer's well-being while not impairing the sustainability of rangeland management.

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Müller, B., Quaas, M.F., Frank, K., Baumgärtner, S. (2011):
Pitfalls and potential of institutional change: rain-index insurance and the sustainability of rangeland management
Ecol. Econ. 70 (11), 2137 - 2144 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.06.011