Pitfalls of institutional change: rain‐index insurance may impair the sustainability of rangeland management
In the context of global change, recently new institutions become available for farmers worldwide to hedge income risk.These institutions are especially important in (semi‐)arid regions where the livelihood of the majority of people depends on livestock farming.At these rangelands the highly variable and uncertain precipitation translates into a highly uncertain income.A second challenge for range management is that inappropriate grazing strategies can lead to land degradation, i.e.loss of pasture productivity.In this study one particular institution‐rain‐index insurance‐is under focus.This type of insurance provides an indemnity payment to the farmer if rainfall does not reach a prior defined strike level.The aim of the presented research is to investigate the implications of introducing such rain‐index insurances on strategy choice of the farmer and therewith on the long‐term dynamics of the overall system.
ecological‐economic modelling livestock grazing resting strategy risk management semi‐arid
B.Müller M.Quaas K.Frank S.Baumg(a)rtner
Department of Ecological Modelling,Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ,Permoserstr.15,04 Department of Economics,Christian-A lbrechts-University of Kiel,Olshausenstr.40,24118 Kiel,Germany Centre for Sustainability Management,Leuphana University of Lüneburg,P.O.Box 2440,21314 Lüneburg,Ger
国际会议
呼和浩特
英文
2008-06-29（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）