Vol. 1 (3) : May-June 2010 issue
Green Farming Vol. 1 (3) : 279-281 (May-June, 2010) (New Series)
An economic analysis of crop insurance in Dharwad district of Karnataka
MALLIKARJUN HASANABADIa1, JAYASHREE HANDIGOLa2*, VILAS KULKARNIb3 and NAGENDRAa4
aDepartment of Agricultural Economics, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad,
bDepartment of Agri-Business Management, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad - 580 005 (Karnataka)
Designation : 1,4Student, 2,3Associate Professor
Subject : Agriculture Economics, Agri-Business, Marketing & Statistics, Farm Management
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MALLIKARJUN HASANABADI, JAYASHREE HANDIGOL, VILAS KULKARNI and NAGENDRA. 2010. An economic analysis of crop insurance in Dharwad district of Karnataka. Green Farming Vol. 1 (3) : 279-281 ; May-June, 2010 (New Series)
ABSTRACT
Crop insurance is a means of counteracting the uncertainties involved in crop production. The study was conducted in Dharwad district. It was found that onion followed by groundnut and jowar crops covered the maximum farmers and area under crop insurance scheme. The potato and onion were having the major portion of area under insurance scheme against the total area under these two crops. The kharif season was the major season in terms of sum insured, premium collected and claims paid and claim premium ratio in Dharwad district.
Key words :
Average claims, Claims payment and premium collection, Premium ratio, Sum insured.
