Insurance as an agricultural disaster risk management tool: evidence and lessons learned from South Asia
Pilot projects in India and Bangladesh demonstrate that index-based weather insurance products, developed using satellite technology, can reduce the financial risks to smallholder farmers from floods and droughts. Scaling up such schemes has the potential to meet the needs of very vulnerable groups,...
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CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems
2019
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| author | Amarnath, Giriraj Ghosh, Surajit Alahacoon, Niranga Ravan, Shirish Kumar Taneja, P.K. Dave, Nisarg Srivastava, Sanjay K. |
| author_browse | Alahacoon, Niranga Amarnath, Giriraj Dave, Nisarg Ghosh, Surajit Ravan, Shirish Kumar Srivastava, Sanjay K. Taneja, P.K. |
| author_facet | Amarnath, Giriraj Ghosh, Surajit Alahacoon, Niranga Ravan, Shirish Kumar Taneja, P.K. Dave, Nisarg Srivastava, Sanjay K. |
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| description | Pilot projects in India and Bangladesh demonstrate that index-based weather insurance products, developed using satellite technology, can reduce the financial risks to smallholder farmers from floods and droughts. Scaling up such schemes has the potential to meet the needs of very vulnerable groups, especially women and assist governments in meeting global development goals. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1060532025-11-07T08:29:25Z Insurance as an agricultural disaster risk management tool: evidence and lessons learned from South Asia Amarnath, Giriraj Ghosh, Surajit Alahacoon, Niranga Ravan, Shirish Kumar Taneja, P.K. Dave, Nisarg Srivastava, Sanjay K. Pilot projects in India and Bangladesh demonstrate that index-based weather insurance products, developed using satellite technology, can reduce the financial risks to smallholder farmers from floods and droughts. Scaling up such schemes has the potential to meet the needs of very vulnerable groups, especially women and assist governments in meeting global development goals. 2019-12 2019-12-09T12:26:22Z 2019-12-09T12:26:22Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106053 en Open Access application/pdf CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems Amarnath, Giriraj; Ghosh, Surajit; Alahacoon, Niranga; Ravan, Shirish Kumar; Taneja, P.K.; Srivastava, Sanjay K. 2019. Insurance as an agricultural disaster risk management tool: evidence and lessons learned from South Asia. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 8p. (WLE BRIEFING SERIES NO. 27) |
| spellingShingle | Amarnath, Giriraj Ghosh, Surajit Alahacoon, Niranga Ravan, Shirish Kumar Taneja, P.K. Dave, Nisarg Srivastava, Sanjay K. Insurance as an agricultural disaster risk management tool: evidence and lessons learned from South Asia |
| title | Insurance as an agricultural disaster risk management tool: evidence and lessons learned from South Asia |
| title_full | Insurance as an agricultural disaster risk management tool: evidence and lessons learned from South Asia |
| title_fullStr | Insurance as an agricultural disaster risk management tool: evidence and lessons learned from South Asia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Insurance as an agricultural disaster risk management tool: evidence and lessons learned from South Asia |
| title_short | Insurance as an agricultural disaster risk management tool: evidence and lessons learned from South Asia |
| title_sort | insurance as an agricultural disaster risk management tool evidence and lessons learned from south asia |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106053 |
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