The influence of gender and product design on farmers' preferences for weather indexed crop insurance
Highlights We identify gender specific needs and barriers to weather index insurance. We test farmers' preferences for non traditional weather index insurance savings bundles. Our results indicate a gender gap in farmers' weather index insurance product preferences. This gap appears to be caused by differences in institutional trust and financial literacy. Bundled weather index insurance savings disinterest women; most farmers favor standalone inundation insurance.
Global environmental change human and policy dimensions