Risk management tools.

<p>(Source: Wenner and Arias, 2003; Skees <i>et al.</i>, 2001; Hess, 2003).</p

Two letter codes of each pixel used to identify the generated weather data.

<p>Two letter codes of each pixel used to identify the generated weather data.</p

Sample insurance contract.

<p>Sample insurance contract.</p

Probability of accumulated rainfall deficits of 50 and 70 mm during the growth of dry beans during the first growing season in north central Nicaragua.

<p>Probability of accumulated rainfall deficits of 50 and 70 mm during the growth of dry beans during the first growing season in north central Nicaragua.</p

Example of season resulting in an indemnity payment (total rainfall deficit exceeds the trigger value of –70mm).

<p>Example of season resulting in an indemnity payment (total rainfall deficit exceeds the trigger value of –70mm).</p

Example of a season not entitled to an indemnity payment (total rainfall deficit does not reach the trigger value of −70 mm).

<p>Example of a season not entitled to an indemnity payment (total rainfall deficit does not reach the trigger value of −70 mm).</p

Correlation coefficients of total rainfall deficit and rainfall on yield of drybeans simulated by the DSSAT drybean model on contrasting soils for a selection of sites in north-central Nicaragua.

<p>Soil textures are (a) sand, and (b) silty clay. The rainfall for each cell was generated using the MarkSim procedure.</p