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INDEX 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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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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May 5, 2017
Index insurance as an instrument for managing risk and modernizing agricultural production
Many agricultural development programs are ideally positioned to support the widespread adoption of “sustainable intensification” technologies and management practices. While
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Blog
February 26, 2015
Avoiding the risk of the unknown
Lessons learned from a gender inclusive survey on index insurance in coastal Bangladesh
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Blog
February 28, 2014
Index-based insurance: a pathway out of poverty?
Cross-posted from CCAFS A recent workshop sought solutions to index insurance challenges If the rains fail, a farmer can lose
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