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Digging for Answers: Examining the effects of rainfall index insurance for farmers in Ghana

Agriculture is a source of income for about half of the population in Africa, but unlike the rest of the world, crop yields have remained flat. Affiliates Christopher Udry (Yale) and Dean Karlan (Yale) investigate when and why farmers decide to use certain agricultural technologies.