Successful pilot on Index Based Flood Insurance in Indian state of Bihar, informs policy makers and development agencies for scaling

Index-based flood insurance (IBFI), relying on advanced modeling with the use of satellite data, speeded payouts to more than 11,000 flood-affected farm households, benefitting indirectly another 100,000 farmers, who learned from participating neighbors through a crowdsourcing approach.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
Formato: Case Study
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121418
Descripción
Sumario:Index-based flood insurance (IBFI), relying on advanced modeling with the use of satellite data, speeded payouts to more than 11,000 flood-affected farm households, benefitting indirectly another 100,000 farmers, who learned from participating neighbors through a crowdsourcing approach.