Insurance

Despite advances in the use of remote sensing technology in the field of agriculture, data analysis & developing applications for agricultural risk management have proved to be more complex and expensive than anticipated

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Herbold, Joachim_RS technology for crop insurance_in_Geospatial World September 2013.pdf

Index insurance has been on the agenda for at least two decades now. Much progress has been achieved in the area of index insurance, especially in product design. Nevertheless, the high expectations placed on index insurance, especially in developing economies, have not been fulfilled. This is mainly due to the fact that the solution was sought at the product level first and foremost, with no appropriate conceptual and institutional framework having been established at the start.

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Herbold, Joachim_Index insurance in agriculture - the (re)insurer's perspective_in_Gommes et al_The challenges of index-base.pdf

This is the protocol for a systematic review which will examine the effectiveness of weather insurance and area-yield based crop insurance in helping small holders manage weather-related risk in low and middle-income countries. The protocol provides background information and details of the methods to be used.

In October 2011, the CGIAR program on Climate Change, Agriculture and
Food Security (CCAFS) and the Index Insurance Innovation Initiative (I4)
organized a joint workshop hosted by the International Food Policy Research
Institute (IFPRI). The workshop was designed to identify and address issues
surrounding index-based insurance for smallholder farmers and the rural
poor in the developing world.

Consumer-driven demand for meat and dairy products is driving an increase in livestock production and demand for improved animal healthcare services. These must be effective, affordable and accessible to ensure a profitable livestock sector. Especially important are the needs of poor livestock keepers who may have no other means of livelihood and who, following privatisation, may have become excluded from animal healthcare services.