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Crop insurance

Meaning in agriculture, with examples

nounCommon term

In agriculture, crop insurance means: Insurance that pays farmers compensation when their crops are damaged or their yields fall because of hail, frost, drought, flood or other covered risks.

In Turkish: tarım sigortası, ürün sigortası, bitkisel ürün sigortası

How it is used

Farmers buy, take out or claim on crop insurance; loss adjusters assess damage in the field. Many governments subsidize premiums. In Turkey, state-supported agricultural insurance is provided through the TARSİM pool.

Example sentences

  1. Our crop insurance covered most of the hail damage in the vineyard.

  2. The government pays half of the crop insurance premium for registered farmers.

Common collocations

  • take out crop insurance
  • crop insurance premium
  • insurance claim
  • hail insurance
  • loss adjuster
  • droughtA long period with much less rain than normal, which leaves soil dry and causes water shortages and crop losses.
  • subsidyMoney or other support paid by the government to farmers to keep production profitable, lower costs or encourage certain practices.
  • direct paymentMoney paid by the government straight to farmers, often per hectare of land, to support their income rather than the price of a product.
  • yieldThe amount of crop, milk or other product obtained from a given area or animal, usually given as tonnes per hectare or kilograms per decare.
  • smallholderA farmer who works a small area of land, often a few hectares or less, mainly with family labor and limited capital.

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