Science-based insurance

• Published in: Nature geoscience Vol. 4; no. 4; pp. 213 - 214
• Main Authors: Brown, Molly E., Osgood, Daniel E., Carriquiry, Miguel A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.04.2011; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 704/106/694; 704/844/2175; commentary; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Earth System Sciences; Geochemistry; Geology; Geophysics/Geodesy

Crops are at risk in a changing climate. Farmers in the developing world will be able to insure against harvest failure if robust insurance packages, based on a geophysical index rather than individual loss, become widely available.