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DOI	10.2166/wcc.2018.020
	Effects of climate variability and insurance adoption on crop production in select provinces of South Africa
	Elum Z.A.; Nhamo G.; Antwi M.A.
发表日期	2018
ISSN	20402244
起始页码	500
结束页码	511
卷号	9 期号:3
英文摘要	Increasing climate variability increases the risks in production and prices of agricultural products. Inarguably, Africa’s susceptibility to climate change is high because it hosts the majority of the world’s poor who cannot afford the costs of coping mechanisms. Agricultural insurance is being largely put forward as a coping measure of adapting to climate change to sustain farm production and farmers’ livelihood. The study critically reviewed numerous publications on climate change impacts and the role of insurance in the adaptation process. It examined the effects of varying weather conditions and insurance on net crop revenue using the instrumental variable regression approach on a Ricardian model. The study further identified factors influencing the purchase of insurance among the farmers with a probit model. The study data were collected from a cross section of farmers in three selected provinces of South Africa. Results of data analysis indicated that owning insurance, number of labourers employed, size of irrigated farmland and rainfall have significant effects on net revenue. It was also revealed that experience, indicated by years of farming and revenue, influenced farmers’ adoption of insurance. Consequently, the paper advocates for the provision of efficient irrigation facilities and promotion of insurance among farmers. © 2018 The Authors.
英文关键词	Agriculture; Climate change; Economic impact; Insurance; South Africa; Variability
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Agricultural products; Agriculture; Crops; Cultivation; Insurance; Purchasing; Adaptation process; Climate change impact; Climate variability; Coping mechanisms; Economic impacts; Instrumental variables; South Africa; Variability; Climate change; agricultural management; climate change; climate effect; coping strategy; crop production; economic impact; insurance system; regression analysis; South Africa
来源期刊	Journal of Water and Climate Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/148032
作者单位	Department of Agriculture and Animal Health, UNISA Science Campus, University of South Africa, P.O. Box X6, Florida 1710, Johannesburg, South Africa; Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, University of Port Harcourt, P.M.B. 5323, Choba, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria; Institute for Corporate Citizenship, University of South Africa, UNISA, P.O. Box 392, Pretoria, 0003, South Africa
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Elum Z.A.,Nhamo G.,Antwi M.A.. Effects of climate variability and insurance adoption on crop production in select provinces of South Africa[J],2018,9(3).
APA	Elum Z.A.,Nhamo G.,&Antwi M.A..(2018).Effects of climate variability and insurance adoption on crop production in select provinces of South Africa.Journal of Water and Climate Change,9(3).
MLA	Elum Z.A.,et al."Effects of climate variability and insurance adoption on crop production in select provinces of South Africa".Journal of Water and Climate Change 9.3(2018).