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Using Index Insurance to Promote Climate-Smart Agriculture
Abstract Climate change is resulting in an increased frequency and severity of droughts in countries such as Senegal and Ethiopia. For smallholder farmers who are dependent on rainfed agriculture and ...
Press Release: Challenge Fund for Innovation on Agricultural...
Three innovative projects designed to help countries in Southern Africa protect against the risk of agricultural disasters have won a Challenge Fund led by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction a...
Government Support to Agricultural Insurance: Challenges and...
Governments in developing countries have been increasingly involved in the support of commercial agricultural (crop and livestock) insurance programs in recent years
Unlocking Smallholder Credit: Does Credit-Linked Agricultura...
This paper reviews possibilities for, and experience with, credit-linked crop insurance, including different types of insurance and credit arrangements, ranging from insurance sold to individual farme...
When and How Should Agricultural Insurance be Subsidized: Is...
Agricultural insurance, defined here to include crop and livestock insurance, is an instrument of choice in many countries for helping farmers and rural communities cope with risk. This paper explores...
Promoting Access to Agricultural Insurance in Developing Cou...
This presentation by Daniel Clarke, Senior Specialist, Disaster Risk Financing & Insurance (DRFI) Program, World Bank was given at the workshop on "Approaches and results on the development of agricul...
The U.S. Federal Crop Insurance Program
This article was contributed by James Callan, Founder & CEO of James Callan Associates, LLC and a Partner in NorthStar Policy Navigation, LLC. Mr. Callan also gives talks on U.S. federal crop insuranc...
Crop Loan Insurance in Pakistan
This article was contributed by Kashif Umar Thanvi, General Manager and Head of Rural Finance, Habib Bank Limited (HBL), Pakistan.
Agriculture Probable Maximum Loss Estimation System for the ...
This presentation by Luis Alvarez M. was given at the workshop on "Approaches and results on the development of agriculture insurance in LAC", Washington DC February 15, 2013.
Weather Insurance for the Coffee Sector Feasibility Study: ...
This study investigates the feasibility of wind index-based insurance, using an approach where payouts are based on the output of a model which is able to simulate the winds associated with cyclones o...
Agricultural Insurance Component: Guyana
This is a Pre-feasibility Study Report for Agricultural Insurance in Guyana the objective of which was to identify the institutional, operational, technical and financial challenges for the developmen...
Index Insurance for Agriculture: Experience from LAC
This presentation by Diego Arias, Senior Agriculture Economist, The World Bank was given at the workshop on "Approaches and results on the development of agriculture insurance in LAC", Washington DC F...