Agriculture plays a pivotal role in meeting global food demands and maintaining socio-economic stability. However, some agricultural practices may negatively contribute to environmental concerns such as greenhouse gas emissions, nutrient losses, and biodiversity decline, impacting climate...

This report summarizes the results of two studies requested by the European Parliament through DG Agriculture. The current tools of EU Member States for agricultural risk management are presented, highlighting the main types of approaches. The financial volumes of insurances and ad-hoc state...

This report summarizes the results of two studies requested by the European Parliament through DG Agriculture. The current tools of EU Member States for agricultural risk management are presented, highlighting the main types of approaches. The financial volumes of insurances and ad-hoc state...

Analyses of agricultural insurance failures often assume the existence of competitive supply, tracing the reasons for high insurance cost and limited farmer participation to informational problems, and suggesting the need for premium subsidization in order to increase participation. However, in...

This study focuses on the assessment of index tools for agricultural insurances. Index insurances basically differ from traditional agricultural insurances in that they do not refer to the actual farm losses, but to the losses evaluated from an index. This index can be, for example, some area...