Das Verbundforschungsvorhaben untersuchte regional differenzierte Änderungen agrarrelevanter Extremwetterlagen in Deutschland und deren Auswirkungen auf die Landwirtschaft einschließlich Sonderkulturen und Forstwirtschaft. Auswertungen der Stationsdaten von 1961 bis 2013 des Deutschen...

The question of how the increasing challenges of on-farm risk management - that e.g. result from the global climate change - could be met, has been an important subject of research for a long time. For instance, it has been discussed if index-based insurance are an alternative to classical...

The importance of weather as a production factor in agriculture is well established long time and a significant portion of yield fluctuations is caused by weather risks. Traditionally, farmers have tried to hedge against unfavorable weather using insurance, such as crop insurance. In recent...

Die Bedeutung des Wetters als Risikofaktor in der Landwirtschaft ist seit langem bekannt. Zur Reduzierung wetterbedingter Risiken wurden in den letzten Jahren insbesondere Ertragsausfallversicherungen diskutiert. Ein relativ neues Instrument zur Steuerung des Mengenrisikos stellen sog....

Financial institutions still neglect to address agricultural clients. The main reasons for that are their perception that farmers bear higher risks than non-farmers and that their loan products are inadequate to accommodate the needs of agricultural entrepreneurs. As a result, many farmers still...