Crop Insurance as a Risk Management Strategy in Bangladesh

Figure 3.19 Independent versus correlated risk 36
Figure 3.20 Crop insurance premiums and indemnities in the United States 39
Figure 4.1: Agri-credit disbursement and overdue in Bangladesh from 1980 – 2005 55
Figure 5.1 Flooded area in Bangladesh from 1954 to 2005 65
Figure 5.2 Climate change and probable impact on flooding in Bangladesh 66
Figure 5.3 Economic losses and reported kills from floods in Bangladesh 66
Figure 5.4 Crop damage (a) full and (b) partial due to flood in Bangladesh 67
Figure 5.5 Effect of recent cyclone SIDR on agriculture 68
Figure 5.6 Relative vulnerability of coastal cities as shown by the indicative
population potentially displaced by current sea level trends to 2050
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Figure 5.7 Monthly mean temperature for current period (1964-2003) and
projected for 2050 and 2100 in drought prone areas of Bangladesh
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Figure 5.8 Time series analysis of a climatic attribute to quantify risk indices 71
Figure 5.9 Characterizing future changes in climatic attributes 73
Figure 5.10 Assessment of climate change impact on the water resources 74
Figure 5.11 A conceptual model for risk analysis by generation of synthetic future
climatic attributes under changing climatic condition
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Figure 5.12 (a) Generation of synthetic monthly data set for the Monte Carlo
Simulation
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Figure 5.12 (b) Yearly total amount of the historical observed and generated synthetic
precipitation data
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Figure 6.1 Major types of flood in Bangladesh 78
Figure 6.2 Historical time series of water level for the river Surma at Sunamgonj 79
Figure 6.3 Paddy yields (md/acre) of normal and damage year along some selected
Haor sites along Sunamgonj District
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Figure 6.4 Drought prone regions of Bangladesh 81
Figure 6.5 Monthly rainfall variation among three field survey sites 81
Figure 6.6 Trend occurrence of Cyclone and time 82
Figure 6.7 Response to disaster along the coastal region 83
Figure 6.8 Delineation of coastal zone of Bangladesh 84
Figure 6.9 Salinity intrusion along the coastal region of Bangladesh 84
Figure 6.10 Agro-ecological sub-regions in the coastal districts of Bangladesh 85
Figure 6.11 Agricultural land use map of the coastal zone of Bangladesh 85
Figure 6.12 Mode of resilience after disaster for low moderate and highly vulnerable
areas of Sunamganj
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Figure 6.13 Monthly WTP as a premium in low medium and highly vulnerable areas
of Sunamganj
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Figure 6.14 Organizational preferences for CI by the respondents in Sunamganj 90
Figure 6.15 Mode of resilience after disaster for low moderate and highly vulnerable
areas of Lalmonirhat
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Figure 6.16 Monthly WTP as a premium in low medium and highly vulnerable areas
of Lalmonirhat
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