Mitigating risk for floodplain agriculture in Amazonia: a role for index-based flood insurance

List, Geneva; Laszlo, Sonia; Coomes, Oliver T.

doi:10.1080/17565529.2019.1674125

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“…List, Laszlo, and Coomes (2019) report that flood insurance provides an impetus for more effective actions against the disaster by relieving local institutions from substantial relief support burdens. The non‐insuring farmers were asked for the reasons behind the non‐insurance of their crops.…”

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“…Farmers could pay a premium of only 5%, which is further subsidised, and buy an insurance policy for their crops; this rate varies from 1.5 to 3.5% in neighbouring country India (Rai, 2019). List, Laszlo, and Coomes (2019) report that flood insurance provides an impetus for more effective actions against the disaster by relieving local institutions from substantial relief support burdens. The non-insuring farmers were asked for the reasons behind the noninsurance of their crops.…”

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Determinants of flood adaptation: Parametric and semiparametric assessment

Pathak

2021

J Flood Risk Management

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Flood adaptation measures are indispensable to offset agricultural losses emanating from the increasing frequency and intensity of floods. Therefore, it is necessary to identify key precursors of adaptation for the success of flood‐related adaptation programs. Using cross‐sectional household survey data from rice farmers of eastern Nepal, this study explores existing adaptation practices along with the factors influencing farmers' adaptation strategies. Both parametric and semiparametric forms of the binary choice model are employed to assess key determinants of flood adaptation. The results reveal that existing adaptation practices are limited to conventional seed storage and few (bio)engineering techniques. Both household and farm characteristics, including flood impact indicators, significantly influence farmers' adaptation to flooding hazards. Thus, consideration of these multiple factors in adaptation‐related programs is anticipated to cope with future floods. Prioritising crop insurance over disaster relief programs and revitalization of existing adaptation measures are suggested. Furthermore, this study demonstrates that the semiparametric approach offers a better alternative by lifting the basic assumptions of parametric models. Findings from this article could aid in developing localised adaptation strategies that would ultimately contribute to the resiliency of farming households and the flood‐prone communities as a whole.

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Determinants of flood adaptation: Parametric and semiparametric assessment

Pathak

2021

J Flood Risk Management

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“…Las entrevistas con un proveedor de seguros en Lima, afiliada con el suministro de otros productos de seguros indexados en Perú, expresaron un gran interés en desarrollar un producto de seguros basado en índices para la llanura inundable del río Amazonas. El interés demostrado por los agricultores, la experiencia comercial peruana con seguros climáticos y las condiciones medibles de riesgo ambiental (con registro de más de 45 años de los niveles diarios de agua del río) que atañen a la pérdida de cultivos, sugieren que un producto de seguro basado en un índice del reporte de inundaciones podría ser útil para los agricultores que trabajan en las llanuras inundables y canal activo del río Amazonas (List et. al., 2019).…”

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Repiquetes Y Riesgo en El Cultivo De Arroz en La Llanura Inundable Del Río Amazonas Cerca De Iquitos, Perú

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Coomes

2019

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Las llanuras inundables del río Amazonas poseen un gran potencial para la agricultura, pero no están exentas de riesgos para los agricultores que cultivan en esas tierras fértiles muy propensas a inundaciones. Estas inundaciones repentinas, que ocurren a medida que el nivel del río disminuye entre mayo y noviembre, son conocidas como «repiquetes» y representan una amenaza seria para los cultivos en llanuras inundables, especialmente para el arroz comercial. En este artículo se analiza el registro diario de los niveles de agua del río Amazonas en Iquitos de los últimos 45 años (entre 1968 y 2012), para determinar la frecuencia y magnitud de los repiquetes y su impacto en la temporada de crecimiento del cultivo. Las entrevistas y los estudios de campo realizados en cuatro comunidades ribereñas, cerca del archipiélago Muyuy, revelan el impacto de los repiquetes y otros riesgos en la producción de arroz, así como la disposición de los agricultores al pago por los instrumentos apropiados para disminuir el riesgo de las inundaciones. Nuestros hallazgos apuntan a un seguro basado en índices climáticos, como una nueva estrategia para reducir el riesgo y promover el desarrollo agrícola en las llanuras inundables del Amazonas.

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“…The annual and perennial crop fields of Amazonians are highly vulnerable to short-duration and highly damaging floods, droughts and rainstorms (Espinoza et al 2019;Kawa 2011;List et al 2019;Sherman et al 2016). Based on interviews and published information, producers in the Amazon delta are dealing with two types of extreme tidal flooding (locally known as lava praias and lançantes) and producers from upper to low Amazon are dealing with damaging out-of-season floods.…”

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“…Based on interviews and published information, producers in the Amazon delta are dealing with two types of extreme tidal flooding (locally known as lava praias and lançantes) and producers from upper to low Amazon are dealing with damaging out-of-season floods. These floods, locally known as repiquetes, are produced by fairly local extreme rainfall events causing sudden increases in river level during the dry season (Espinoza et al 2019;List et al 2019;Ronchail et al 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

Capítulo 15: Sistemas de subsistencia y agronegocios complejos, diversos y cambiantes en la Amazonía

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Relatório De Avaliação Da Amazônia 2021

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Mitigating risk for floodplain agriculture in Amazonia: a role for index-based flood insurance

Cited by 11 publications

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Determinants of flood adaptation: Parametric and semiparametric assessment

Determinants of flood adaptation: Parametric and semiparametric assessment

Repiquetes Y Riesgo en El Cultivo De Arroz en La Llanura Inundable Del Río Amazonas Cerca De Iquitos, Perú

Capítulo 15: Sistemas de subsistencia y agronegocios complejos, diversos y cambiantes en la Amazonía

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