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Crop Insurance as a Risk Management Strategy in Bangladesh

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Acronyms and Abbreviations<br />

ADB Asian Development Bank<br />

AIDA Agricultural Income Dis<strong>as</strong>ter Assistance<br />

ASCA Accumulat<strong>in</strong>g Sav<strong>in</strong>gs and Credit Association<br />

BARC <strong>Bangladesh</strong> Agricultural Research Council<br />

BARI <strong>Bangladesh</strong> Agricultural Research Institute<br />

BBS <strong>Bangladesh</strong> Bureau of Statistics<br />

BIA <strong>Bangladesh</strong> <strong>Insurance</strong> Academy<br />

BKB <strong>Bangladesh</strong> Krishi Bank<br />

BRAC <strong>Bangladesh</strong> Rural Advancement Committee<br />

BRDB <strong>Bangladesh</strong> Rural Development Board<br />

BWDB <strong>Bangladesh</strong> Water Development Board<br />

CAPM Capital Asset Pric<strong>in</strong>g Models<br />

CAT Cat<strong>as</strong>trophic <strong>Insurance</strong> Options Contract<br />

CBN Cost -of-B<strong>as</strong>ic Needs<br />

CBOT Chicago Board of Trade<br />

CCCM Canadian Centre for Climate Modell<strong>in</strong>g<br />

CCE <strong>Crop</strong> Cutt<strong>in</strong>g Experiment<br />

CCIS Comprehensive <strong>Crop</strong> <strong>Insurance</strong> Scheme<br />

CI <strong>Crop</strong> <strong>Insurance</strong><br />

CNRS Centre for Natural Resource Studies<br />

CRED Center for Research <strong>in</strong> the Epidemiology of Dis<strong>as</strong>ters<br />

CV Cont<strong>in</strong>gent Valuation<br />

DCI Direct Calorie Intake<br />

DESM Department of Environmental Science and <strong>Management</strong><br />

DMC Dis<strong>as</strong>ter <strong>Management</strong> Committee<br />

DoE Department of Environment<br />

EMT Ennatien Moulethan Tchonnebat (“local rural credit" <strong>in</strong> English)<br />

ENSO El N<strong>in</strong>o Southern Oscillation<br />

ERD Economic Research Division<br />

FAO Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations<br />

FCIP Federal <strong>Crop</strong> <strong>Insurance</strong> Program<br />

FGD Focus Group Discussion<br />

FINCA Foundation for International Community Assistance<br />

GCES General <strong>Crop</strong> Estimation Survey<br />

GCM General Circulation Model<br />

GDA Ganges Dependent Area<br />

GDD Grow<strong>in</strong>g Degree Days<br />

GDP Gross Domestic Product<br />

GEF Global Environment Facility<br />

GFDL Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory<br />

GIC General <strong>Insurance</strong> Corporation of India<br />

GO Government Organization<br />

GRET Groupe de Recherche et D'échanges Technologiques<br />

(Research and Technological Exchange Group)<br />

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