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The impact of agricultural insurance on farmers' mental health: what we can learn from the literature
Environment, development and sustainability, pp.1-18
29/10/2024
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Abstract
This systematic review aimed to examine evidence in the extant literature on the nexus between agricultural insurance and the mental health of farmers. The key hypothesis was that increasing access to agricultural insurance will enhance the mental and emotional well-being of farmers globally and will consequently preserve the future of agriculture, particularly as climate change exacerbates weather risk. A systematic review was conducted using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) statement. We searched several databases, including EBSCOHost Megafile, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed (Medline) and Google Scholar, based on predetermined criteria in July 2024. We conducted a full-text review of twelve potential articles. None of the articles met the inclusion criteria and reported a clear understanding of the relationship between access to agricultural insurance and the mental health nexus. We concluded that there is no evidence to support the hypothesis that access to agricultural insurance has a positive impact on farmer's mental health. Our hypothesis is premised on the fact that while agricultural insurance smoothens farmers' income, this should lead to some forms of mental health advantage, but we do not have any evidence in extant literature. The lack of literature is perhaps due to the complexity of the agricultural insurance product design. We recommend studies that will provide reliably conclusive evidence on this critical issue because agriculture requires risk management tools to help farmers cope with multidimensional risks, including exacerbated weather events due to climate change.
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- Title
- The impact of agricultural insurance on farmers' mental health: what we can learn from the literature
- Creators
- Rezwanul Hasan Rana - University of Southern QueenslandAdewuyi Ayodele Adeyinka - University of Southern QueenslandShahbaz Mushtaq - University of Southern QueenslandJonathan Barratt - CelsiusPro Australia Pty Ltd, Sydney, NSW 2000, AustraliaKhorshed Alam - University of Southern Queensland
- Publication Details
- Environment, development and sustainability, pp.1-18
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 18
- Grant note
- CAUL
- Identifiers
- 991013267502802368
- Copyright
- © The Author(s) 2024 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Education
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article