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Crops are at risk in a changing climate. Farmers in the developing world will be able to insure against harvest failure if robust insurance packages, based on a geophysical index rather than individual loss, become widely available.

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  1. Biospheric Sciences Branch, Code 614.4, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, 20771, Maryland, USA
    Molly E. Brown
  2. International Climate Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia University, 220 Monell Building, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, 10964, New York, USA
    Daniel E. Osgood
  3. Iowa State University, 578D Heady Hall, Ames, 50011-1070, Iowa, USA
    Miguel A. Carriquiry

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Brown, M., Osgood, D. & Carriquiry, M. Science-based insurance.Nature Geosci 4, 213–214 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1117

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