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Measuring the Effects of Weather-index Insurance Purchase on Farm Investment and Yield among Smallholder Farmers in Northern Ghana

Haruna, Bashiru
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1437745690

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2015, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Agricultural, Environmental and Developmental Economics.
This study sought to investigate the effects of weather-index insurance purchase on farm investment among smallholder farmers in northern Ghana. Data was collected from a survey of 80 purchasers and 150 non-purchasers of weather-index insurance. The endogenous treatment-regression model and inverse-probability weighted regression analysis were used to estimate the effects of weather insurance purchase on fertilizer use intensity and on maize yield based on the assumptions that selectin into treatment is based on unobservable and observable covariates respectively. A logistic regression model was also run to examine the factors that influence weather-index insurance purchase. Results of the logistic regression revealed membership of an organization, total number of land owned, number of acres cultivated yearly, number of livestock owned, size of household, number of adults in a household and awareness of weather-index insurance to be the factors that determine weather-index insurance purchase among smallholder farmers in northern Ghana. Results from the endogenous treatment-regression model showed weather-index insurance purchase has a positive and significant impact on fertilizer use intensity but not on yield. IPWRA results showed no significance of weather-index insurance purchase on fertilizer use and on yield.
Brent Sohngen (Advisor)
Mario Miranda (Committee Member)
75 p.
Agricultural Economics
Weather-index, Insurance, Smallholder, Farmers, Northern, Ghana

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  • Haruna, B. (2015). Measuring the Effects of Weather-index Insurance Purchase on Farm Investment and Yield among Smallholder Farmers in Northern Ghana [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1437745690

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Haruna, Bashiru. Measuring the Effects of Weather-index Insurance Purchase on Farm Investment and Yield among Smallholder Farmers in Northern Ghana. 2015. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1437745690.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Haruna, Bashiru. "Measuring the Effects of Weather-index Insurance Purchase on Farm Investment and Yield among Smallholder Farmers in Northern Ghana." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1437745690

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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