Informing Policy with Agricultural Research-for-Development: Insights from Research on Resilience
• Limited access to credit, e.g., due to a lack of collateral and documented land rights, exposes smallholder farmers to risk and liquidity constraints • This does not only reduce farmers’ ability to cope with weather shocks but may also prevent them from investing in their farms. • Insurance to re...
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Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138053 |
| Sumario: | • Limited access to credit, e.g., due to a lack of collateral and documented land rights, exposes smallholder farmers to risk and liquidity constraints
• This does not only reduce farmers’ ability to cope with weather shocks but may also prevent them from investing in their farms.
• Insurance to reduce risk and thereby increase access to credit typically falls short: High costs of indemnity-based insurance; Basis risk in weather index-based insurance.
• What if we can overcome information asymmetries at a low cost, using smartphone images? |
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