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Technological Innovation and Sustainable Intensification
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PICTURE-BASED INSURANCE
Blog
December 29, 2021
Strategies for agricultural insurance research: Lessons learned and implications for future initiatives
How can we foster wider policy impacts from research on agricultural insurance for smallholder farmers? Why are partnerships with private sector important?
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Webinar
October 1, 2021
Innovations in agricultural insurance: Lessons learnt about managing smallholder farmer risks
Webinar on October 26, 2021, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT, co-organized by PIM CGIAR and IFPRI's Food Security Portal.
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Blog
July 30, 2021
A new model for inclusive seed delivery: Lessons from a pilot in Kenya
A project in East Africa works with champion farmers to test how bundling picture-based insurance and stress-tolerant crop varieties could improve adoption.
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News
January 19, 2021
ACRE Africa and IFPRI receive award from Lacuna Fund to develop unique agricultural datasets through smartphones
“Eyes on the Ground: Providing Quality Model Training Data through Smartphones” project aims to help farmers with risk mitigation and adaptation strategies.
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Podcast
May 26, 2020
Picturing a Better Crop Insurance
Can a smartphone camera help provide a safety net for smallholder farmers? Berber Kramer shares her experience from a novel research in India.
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Blog
December 13, 2019
Can weather index insurance help farmers adapt to climate change?
Technology and data on farming conditions can help reduce exposure to risk. Fourth blog in the series in connection with the UN Climate Change Conference (COP25).
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Webinar
August 28, 2018
Webinar: Helping smallholder farmers manage risks: Innovations to improve agricultural insurance
While agricultural insurance has been around for a long time, its adoption by smallholders around the world has been limited. High costs, asymmetric information, moral hazard, lack of trust are among the reasons. Join our webinar on September 19 to learn about two innovative approaches to agricultural insurance that aim to overcome these challenges.
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Blog
January 17, 2018
Seeking comprehensive risk management solutions for smallholder farmers in South Asia
In order to better understand how CGIAR research can further contribute to the development, implementation, and evaluation of agricultural insurance programs, IFPRI in partnership with the CGIAR research programs on Policies, Institutions and Markets (PIM) and Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS), as well as the Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) organized a regional dialogue in Dhaka, Bangladesh on December 17.
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Blog
September 28, 2017
Picture-based crop insurance: Is it feasible? Is it sustainable?
Millions of smallholder farmers around the world lack access to affordable insurance - their farms are often too small and too remote for insurers to economically verify damage. In collaboration with the private sector and the development community, researchers have been looking for alternative types of insurance that do not require insurance companies to verify damage on a case-by-case basis.
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