“Seeing is Believing:” Research project on smartphone camera data for agricultural risk management
IFPRI, together with partners from India as well as the academic community, pioneered in testing whether smartphone camera data could strengthen insurance products in India. A proof of concept study of “picture-based insurance” (PBI), an easy-to-understand low-cost insurance product for visible crop...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Kannan, Samyuktha Kramer, Berber Singh, Vartika |
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| description | IFPRI, together with partners from India as well as the academic community, pioneered in testing whether smartphone camera data could strengthen insurance products in India. A proof of concept study of “picture-based insurance” (PBI), an easy-to-understand low-cost insurance product for visible crop damage, was conducted between 2016 and 2018 in Punjab and Haryana on the wheat crop. Along with technical and implementation partners including HDFC, we also leveraged smartphone camera data to provide personalized agricultural advice based on real-time observations of crop conditions, from sowing to harvest. Through a randomized trial we found that “picture-based insurance” overcomes limitations of traditional insurance products and that there is a strong case for bundling the insurance with other customized risk-reducing services such as advisories. To build on this research further and develop a sustainable and scalable risk-management solution, the project won the Inspire Challenge Scale-up Grant in 2018 awarded by the CGIAR Big Data Platform. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1466202025-11-06T07:16:34Z “Seeing is Believing:” Research project on smartphone camera data for agricultural risk management Kannan, Samyuktha Kramer, Berber Singh, Vartika insurance gender capacity development information and communication technologies risk finance women IFPRI, together with partners from India as well as the academic community, pioneered in testing whether smartphone camera data could strengthen insurance products in India. A proof of concept study of “picture-based insurance” (PBI), an easy-to-understand low-cost insurance product for visible crop damage, was conducted between 2016 and 2018 in Punjab and Haryana on the wheat crop. Along with technical and implementation partners including HDFC, we also leveraged smartphone camera data to provide personalized agricultural advice based on real-time observations of crop conditions, from sowing to harvest. Through a randomized trial we found that “picture-based insurance” overcomes limitations of traditional insurance products and that there is a strong case for bundling the insurance with other customized risk-reducing services such as advisories. To build on this research further and develop a sustainable and scalable risk-management solution, the project won the Inspire Challenge Scale-up Grant in 2018 awarded by the CGIAR Big Data Platform. 2019-03-07 2024-06-21T09:07:48Z 2024-06-21T09:07:48Z Conference Proceedings https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146620 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Kannan, Samyuktha; Kramer, Berber; and Singh, Vartika. 2019. “Seeing is Believing:” Research project on smartphone camera data for agricultural risk management. Workshop February 1-2, 2019. Chennai, India. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146620 |
| spellingShingle | insurance gender capacity development information and communication technologies risk finance women Kannan, Samyuktha Kramer, Berber Singh, Vartika “Seeing is Believing:” Research project on smartphone camera data for agricultural risk management |
| title | “Seeing is Believing:” Research project on smartphone camera data for agricultural risk management |
| title_full | “Seeing is Believing:” Research project on smartphone camera data for agricultural risk management |
| title_fullStr | “Seeing is Believing:” Research project on smartphone camera data for agricultural risk management |
| title_full_unstemmed | “Seeing is Believing:” Research project on smartphone camera data for agricultural risk management |
| title_short | “Seeing is Believing:” Research project on smartphone camera data for agricultural risk management |
| title_sort | seeing is believing research project on smartphone camera data for agricultural risk management |
| topic | insurance gender capacity development information and communication technologies risk finance women |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146620 |
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