Integrating gender into index-based agricultural insurance: a focus on South Africa

Index insurance is an agricultural risk management tool that can provide a safety net for smallholder farmers experiencing climate risk. While uptake and scale-out of index insurance may be slow among smallholders, we can learn from experiences that demonstrate where crop insurance can protect small...

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Autores principales: Born, Lorna, Spillane, Charles, Murray, Una
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Informa UK Limited 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/102499
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description Index insurance is an agricultural risk management tool that can provide a safety net for smallholder farmers experiencing climate risk. While uptake and scale-out of index insurance may be slow among smallholders, we can learn from experiences that demonstrate where crop insurance can protect smallholders’ livelihoods from climate risk. Integrating gender into climate risk management is necessary to ensure that the benefits of index insurance are experienced by both men and women. A dedicated intention to integrate gender may be required. Taking South Africa as a case study, the potential for gender-sensitive index insurance scale-out among smallholders is investigated.
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spelling CGSpace1024992025-11-12T05:56:45Z Integrating gender into index-based agricultural insurance: a focus on South Africa Born, Lorna Spillane, Charles Murray, Una climate change agriculture food security gender governance livelihoods poverty Index insurance is an agricultural risk management tool that can provide a safety net for smallholder farmers experiencing climate risk. While uptake and scale-out of index insurance may be slow among smallholders, we can learn from experiences that demonstrate where crop insurance can protect smallholders’ livelihoods from climate risk. Integrating gender into climate risk management is necessary to ensure that the benefits of index insurance are experienced by both men and women. A dedicated intention to integrate gender may be required. Taking South Africa as a case study, the potential for gender-sensitive index insurance scale-out among smallholders is investigated. 2019-05-19 2019-08-13T15:12:36Z 2019-08-13T15:12:36Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/102499 en Limited Access application/pdf Informa UK Limited Lorna Born, Charles Spillane & Una Murray (2019) Integrating gender into index-based agricultural insurance: a focus on South Africa, Development in Practice, 29(4): 409-423
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agriculture
food security
gender
governance
livelihoods
poverty
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Murray, Una
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title Integrating gender into index-based agricultural insurance: a focus on South Africa
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title_fullStr Integrating gender into index-based agricultural insurance: a focus on South Africa
title_full_unstemmed Integrating gender into index-based agricultural insurance: a focus on South Africa
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topic climate change
agriculture
food security
gender
governance
livelihoods
poverty
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