Studies from International Food Policy Research Institute in the Area of Climatology Published (The gendered impacts of index-insurance on food-consumption: Evidence from southern Ethiopia): Science – Climatology

2023 APR 06 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Current study results on climatology have been published. According to news reporting out of Washington, District of Columbia, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “Index insurance has been promoted as an innovative strategy for enhancing long-term resilience to climate-related shocks and providing financial inclusion, particularly to poor women farmers in developing countries.”

The news journalists obtained a quote from the research from International Food Policy Research Institute: “In this paper, we evaluate the gendered impact of an index-based livestock insurance product on food consumption among pastoral households in southern Ethiopia. We exploit intertemporal variation in household risk exposure and insurance payouts to evaluate the ex ante and ex post insurance impacts and use randomly distributed discount coupons to instrument the insurance purchase variables. We find that during the pre-drought period, a previous season insurance purchase and the intensity of insurance coverage significantly and equally reduces food expenditure in male- and female-headed households.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “In the post-drought period, we find that an insurance payout significantly increases food expenditure per adult equivalent among female-headed households.”

For more information on this research see: The gendered impacts of index-insurance on food-consumption: Evidence from southern Ethiopia. Climate Services, 2023,30():100355. (Climate Services - https://www.journals.elsevier.com/climate-services/). The publisher for Climate Services is Elsevier.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cliser.2023.100355.

Our news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Anne G. Timu, Environment and Production Technology Division, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC, United States. Additional authors for this research include Christopher R. Gustafson, Taro Mieno.

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