气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Effect of index-based livestock insurance on herd offtake: Evidence from the Borena zone of southern Ethiopia

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DOI	10.1016/j.crm.2018.10.003
	Effect of index-based livestock insurance on herd offtake: Evidence from the Borena zone of southern Ethiopia
	Gebrekidan T.; Guo Y.; Bi S.; Wang J.; Zhang C.; Wang J.; Lyu K.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	2212-0963
起始页码	1937
结束页码	1949
卷号	23
英文摘要	When weather shocks strike in agrarian economies, households may often utilize offtake of their productive livestock as a major risk coping strategy. However, a distressful asset offtake could lead to difficulties in recovering after the shock; consequently, the macro economy of a subsistence agriculture-dependent country could remain slow for an extended period. In this paper, we analysed the effect of index-based livestock insurance on the herd offtake behaviour of herders in the Borena zone, which is the southernmost area of Ethiopia, using three rounds of panel data. Using fixed effect model analysis, our results shows that households that purchased index-based livestock insurance coverage are less likely to offtake their herds. Empirically, this finding appeared to have a positive and significant effect on reducing the herd offtake behaviour of the households. This finding suggests that the coverage can help in reducing the fear and worry of the herding households regarding the possible incidence of covariate herd loss. Consequently, distressful herd offtake can be reduced, thereby sustaining the household's economic growth. © 2018 The Authors
英文关键词	Borena zone; Herd offtake; Index-based livestock insurance
来源期刊	Climate Risk Management
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/183230
作者单位	Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program, Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing, China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Gebrekidan T.,Guo Y.,Bi S.,et al. Effect of index-based livestock insurance on herd offtake: Evidence from the Borena zone of southern Ethiopia[J],2019,23.
APA	Gebrekidan T..,Guo Y..,Bi S..,Wang J..,Zhang C..,...&Lyu K..(2019).Effect of index-based livestock insurance on herd offtake: Evidence from the Borena zone of southern Ethiopia.Climate Risk Management,23.
MLA	Gebrekidan T.,et al."Effect of index-based livestock insurance on herd offtake: Evidence from the Borena zone of southern Ethiopia".Climate Risk Management 23(2019).