Performance of Temperature-Related Weather Index for Agricultural Insurance of Three Main Crops in China

作     者：Jing Zhang Zhao Zhang Fulu Tao 

作者机构：State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology/Key Laboratory of Environmental Change and Natural Hazards Academy of Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management Faculty of Geographical ScienceBeijing Normal University Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research Chinese Academy of Sciences 

出 版 物：《International Journal of Disaster Risk Science》 (国际灾害风险科学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2017年第8卷第1期

页      面：78-90页

核心收录：

学科分类：12[管理学] 02[经济学] 0202[经济学-应用经济学] 1204[管理学-公共管理] 020204[经济学-金融学（含∶保险学）] 09[农学] 0904[农学-植物保护] 120404[管理学-社会保障] 

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Project Number:41571493,41571088,and 31561143003) the State Key Laboratory of EarthSurface Processes and Resource Ecology 

主　　题：Chilling injury China Crop insurance Heat damage Weather index 

摘      要：In this study, two categories of weather index—absolute index and relative index—for chilling injury and heat damage of three main crops in China were assessed to identify insurable counties. First, correlations between selected weather indices and yield losses were examined for each county. If a correlation was significant, the county was categorized as ‘‘insurable for the corresponding hazard or index. Second, the spatial distribution of insurable counties was characterized and finally, their correlation coefficients were analyzed at various spatial *** results show that the spatial patterns of insurable areas varied by categories of weather indices, crops, and ***, the weather indices based on relative threshold of temperature were more suitable for chilling injury in most regions, whereas the indices based on absolute threshold were more suitable for heat damage. The findings could help the Chinese government and insurance companies to design effective insurance products.