Ricome A., Affholder F., Gérard F., Muller B., Poeydebat C., Quirion P., Sall M.
2017
While crop yields in Sub-Saharan Africa are low compared to most other parts of the world, weather-index insurance is often presented as a promising tool, which could help resource-poor farmers in developing countries to invest and adopt yield-enhancing technologies. Here, we test this hypothesis on two contrasting areas (in terms of rainfall scarcity) of the Senegalese groundnut basin through ...
Culture des plantes; Méthodes mathématiques et statistiques; Météorologie et climatologie; Troubles divers des plantes
2017
While crop yields in Sub-Saharan Africa are low compared to most other parts of the world, weather-index insurance is often presented as a promising tool, which could help resource-poor farmers in developing countries to invest and adopt yield-enhancing technologies. Here, we test this hypothesis on two contrasting areas (in terms of rainfall scarcity) of the Senegalese groundnut basin through ...
Culture des plantes; Méthodes mathématiques et statistiques; Météorologie et climatologie; Troubles divers des plantes