Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2022, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (10): 2296-2309.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2022.10.24

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Can agricultural insurance guarantee farmer’s income: study on insurance failure and effectiveness based on situational dependence

GAO Kang(), HE Puming   

  1. Hubei Rural Development Research Center, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434023, Hubei, China
  • Received:2021-08-18 Online:2022-10-25 Published:2022-10-26

Abstract:

Based on the provincial panel data from 2006 to 2018, the fixed effect model and threshold model were used to explore the effect of agricultural insurance on farmer’s income under disaster impact. It was shown that, under the impact of disasters, agricultural insurance was effective for the guarantee of farmer’s operation revenue, but ineffective for the guarantee of total income. The reason lay in the substitution of traditional risk-averse tools of agricultural insurance on farmer’s total income. The effectiveness of agricultural insurance on farmer’s total income was dependent on the degree of agricultural operation and the conditions of non-agricultural employment. The development level of agricultural insurance could better guarantee farmer’s income than the scale of agricultural insurance, but the threshold effect span was as high as 9.7 times. Marginal prediction results validated the above conclusion, and also showed that in the higher development stage, agricultural insurance might have a positive impact on farmer’s income, but there would not be a macro income increase effect. Therefore, measures should be taken to improve the precision guarantee effect of agricultural insurance in China by clarifying the objective of agricultural insurance policy, optimizing the insurance promotion according to local conditions, and exploring multiple risk avoidance paths.

Key words: agricultural insurance, farmer’s income, risk assurance, moderating effects

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