Using weather index insurance to improve drought
response for famine prevention.
by Chantarat, Sommarat^Barrett, Christopher B.^Mude, Andrew
G.^Turvey, Calum G.
Chantarat is Ph.D. candidate, Barrett is International Professor
and Turvey is W.I. Myers Professor of Agricultural Finance, all at
Cornell University: Mude is Research Scientist, International Livestock
Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
This article was presented in a principal paper session at the AAEA
annual meeting (Portland, OR, July 2007). The articles in these sessions
are not subjected to the journal's standard refereeing process.
Table 1. District-Level Seasonal Rainfall Correlations, 1961-2006
District Turkana Marsabit Samburu
Turkana 0.60 0.90
Marsabit 0.71 0.72
Samburu 0.86 0.87
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