Impact evaluations
Insuring farmers against weather shocks: Evidence from India
3ie Impact evaluation report 29
Jeremy Tobacman, Daniel Stein, Vivek Shah, Laura Litvine, Shawn Coleand Raghabendra Chattopadhyay
This impact evaluation by Tobacman et al. examines the long-term impacts of rainfall insurance in Gujarat, India. The randomised evaluation estimates the effect of each additional unit of insurance coverage on total area cultivated, expenditures on agricultural inputs, the fraction of cultivated land devoted to high-yielding variety crops or cash crops and total agricultural revenue.