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Crop Insurance in Karnataka

The authors examine the performance of the crop insurance scheme in Karnataka, a southern state of India and the second driest state in the country. Their analysis highlights weaknesses in product design, implementation challenges, and operational problems. The authors' finding is that the crop...

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Main Authors: Kalavakonda, Vijay, Mahul, Olivier
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ADVERSE SELECTION
AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE
AGRICULTURAL LABORERS
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
ARABLE LAND
BASIS RISK
CASH CROPS
CATASTROPHIC LOSSES
CEREALS
COFFEE
COMMERCIAL BANKS
COMMERCIAL CROPS
COMMERCIALIZATION
COMMODITY
CONTINGENT LIABILITY
CONTRACTUAL SAVINGS
COTTON
COVERAGE
CROP
CROP DIVERSIFICATION
CROP INSURANCE
CROP INSURANCE SCHEME
CROP LOSSES
CROP PRODUCTION
CROP YIELD
CROP YIELDS
CROPPING
CROPPING PATTERNS
CROPS
CULTIVATION
CYCLONES
DATES
DECLARATIONS
DEFICITS
DISASTER INSURANCE
DISASTER RELIEF
DISASTERS
DIVERSIFIED CROPPING
DROUGHTS
EARTHQUAKES
ECONOMIC CHANGE
EFFECTIVE USE
EFFECTS OF DROUGHT
EMPLOYMENT
EXCHANGE RATE
EXPENDITURES
FARM
FARM ACTIVITIES
FARM HOUSEHOLDS
FARM INCOME
FARM INCOMES
FARM PRODUCE
FARMER
FARMERS
FARMING
FARMS
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
FLOODS
FOOD CROPS
FOOD GRAINS
FRUITS
GRAIN
GRAIN CROPS
HARVESTING
HORTICULTURAL CROPS
HORTICULTURE
INDEMNITY
INFLATION
INSURANCE
INSURANCE BENEFITS
INSURANCE CONTRACTS
INSURANCE COVERAGE
INSURANCE PREMIUM RATES
INSURANCE SYSTEM
JUTE
LABOR FORCE
LAND DEVELOPMENT
LANDLESS LABORERS
LANDSLIDES
LIBERALIZATION
LOSS RATIO
MARGINAL FARMERS
MIGRATION
MITIGATION
MORAL HAZARD
NATURAL DISASTERS
OILSEEDS
PLANTING
POOR FARMERS
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
PRECIPITATION
PREMIUMS
PRODUCE
PROGRAMS
PUBLIC POLICY
PULSES
RAINFED AREAS
RATES
REINSURANCE
REINSURERS
RELIEF
RESERVE BANK OF INDIA
RICE
RISK
RISK EXPOSURE
RISK MANAGEMENT
RISK SHARING
SAFETY
SMALL FARMERS
SOWING
SUGARCANE
TEA
TURF
WAGES
WHEAT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/07/6043337/crop-insurance-karnataka
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8216

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/07/6043337/crop-insurance-karnataka
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8216

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