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Assessment of insurance coverage and claims in rainfall related risks in processing tomato in Western Spain
Año:2014
Áreas de investigación
  • Sistema de explotación agraria,
  • Economía
Datos
Descripción
An extension of guarantees related to rainfall-related risks in the insurance of processing tomato crops has been accompanied with a large increase in claims in Western Spain, suggesting that damages may have been underestimated in previous years. A database was built by linking agricultural insurance records, meteorological data from local weather stations, and topographic data. The risk of rainfall-related dam- ages in processing tomato in the Extremenian Guadiana river basin (W Spain) was studied using a logistic model. Risks during the growth of the crop and at harvesting were modelled separately. First, the risk related to rainfall was modelled as a function of meteorological, terrain and management variables. The resulting models were used to identify the variables responsible for rainfall-related damages, with a view to assess the potential impact of extending insurance coverage, and to develop an index to express the suitability of the cropping system for insurance. The analyses reveal that damages at different stages of crop development correspond to different hazards. The geographic dependence of the risk influences the scale at which the model might have validity, which together with the year dependency, the possibility of implementing index based insurances is questioned.
Internacional
Si
JCR del ISI
Si
Título de la revista
European Journal of Agronomy
ISSN
1161-0301
Factor de impacto JCR
2,8
Información de impacto
Datos JCR del año 2012
Volumen
59
DOI
10.1016/j.eja.2014.05.005
Número de revista
59
Desde la página
39
Hasta la página
48
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  • Creador: Grupo de Investigación: Economía Agraria y Gestión de los Recursos Naturales
  • Centro o Instituto I+D+i: Centro de Estudios e Investigación para la Gestión de Riesgos Agrarios Medioambientales (CEIGRAM). Centro Mixto UPM-AGROMUTUA-ENESA
  • Departamento: Economía Agraria, Estadística y Gestión de Empresas
  • Departamento: Producción Agraria