Is it better to use loss ratio as an indicator of financial health of insurance business?

I am working with the estimation of financial health of agricultural insurance in Nepal. Loss ratio was calculated as the ratio of total claim to total collected premium including government subsidy.

31 December 2018 4,236 0 View

What are the different ways that farmers can use to mimimize the monetary losses from climate change issues?

Climate change has become a global issues and several research are on going to develop suitable coping mechanism. Although different solution were porposed but at farmers level they didnt adopt...

05 June 2018 9,971 0 View

How to intrepret results of binary logistic regression with Odd ratio higher than 1 in SPss, I found significant variable at 5% but odd ratio is 56?

Results of SPSS binary logistic regression dependent variable is Awareness of agricultural insurance and found significant variable education at 5% level and odd ratio is 56 .What does it mean?

04 May 2018 2,309 1 View

How FFS contributes in quality seed contribution?

Farmer field school approach in Agriculture and its role in quality seed production?

11 December 2017 9,775 0 View

On what basis premium is fixed for index based agricultural insurnace?

Index based agricultural insurance and premium fixation

11 December 2017 3,723 0 View

Is this the write procedure for acid digestion of soil for heavy metal analysis using AAS?

How to do acid digestion of soil sample with 3:1 aquaregia in an open vessel?

23 February 2021 3,053 7 View

Are there packages (R or Python) for simple models (bucket?) to assess soil water content?

Hi everyone. I am researching droguht effects on soil water drought. I am looking for already implemented functions in R or Python to estimate soil water content from precipitation,...

21 February 2021 2,084 1 View

Which type of loading is to be used in dynamic analysis of Machien foundation?

Hello Everyone, Hope you all are doing well. I'm trying to simulate a machine foundation in ABAQUS with a geo-cell reinforced soil bed. Im totally confused to which type of loading would be...

21 February 2021 4,388 3 View

How to get better phase shift in C-V curves for ferroelectric devices?

I tried to sweep my ferroelectric devices from -2V to 2V and then from 2V to -2V and The two hysteresis peaks are off by several microFarads. Should i increase bias voltage? I am doing these...

16 February 2021 8,514 2 View

Measurement of water retention in organic substrates without a pressure plate?

Hello, I'm trying to measure the physical and hydrological properties of organic substrate media. Currently, I'm referring The book Soil sampling and Methods of Analysis by Carter and Gregorich....

09 February 2021 3,233 8 View

What is causing the raw fluorescence to be negative?

Hi everyone, I would really appreciate it if someone can tell me when and why a raw fluorescence starts below zero. In the picture attached below the blue colour curve starts from a negative...

09 February 2021 4,642 3 View

What will happen (quality or quantity wise) if we transplant 'Aerobic Rice' in puddled condition?

I want to know about the consequences of aerobic rice (both quality and quantity-wise) when transplanted or sown in puddled condition?

08 February 2021 2,343 6 View

Do there exist stand-alone permanently in-ground soil-moisture sensors with an installed GSM module, for outdoor use?

Am searching for a stand-alone permanently in-ground soil-moisture sensor with an installed GSM module, for outdoor use. The idea is for the sensor to send a moisture reading via a cellphone text...

04 February 2021 2,047 4 View

How do microbes tell the presence of an inorganic minaral in the soil?

Due to their ubiquitous nature, there is a tendency of the presence of microbes in a given mineral(s). For instance, if microorganisms that love the of pH less than 6 in the pH value, is isolated...

03 February 2021 4,630 10 View

What is the maximum storage time for samples used in soil enzyme assays?

01 February 2021 4,616 3 View