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Agricultural Economist / PhD Candidate @ETH_en @aecp_eth / Weather Risks & Insurance/ Co-president @afalumni_ethz/ Cyclist & Runner
Jan 10, 2022 11 tweets 6 min read
Happy to announce that our article "Temperature effects on crop yields in heat index #insurance" with @tobi_dal and @RobertFinger1 is now online and #openaccess in @_Food_Policy. A short 🧵about the article that is available here:
sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #Heat drives crop yield volatility. Index #insurance can reduce the resulting financial losses suffered by farmers and support #adaptation to #climatechange. Yet, there remains a protection gap for heat risks in most of European #agriculture. (1/🧵)