Insurance opportunities against weather risks for smallholder farmers in Africa
Chapter 6 provides important insights into the promises and limits of production risk management through financial mechanisms. In particular the authors investigate the role that weather index insurance can play in generating better adaptation pathways to weather shocks for smallholder farmers than...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2017
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| author | Ceballos, Francisco Ulimwengu, John M. Makombe, Tsitsi Robles, Miguel |
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| description | Chapter 6 provides important insights into the promises and limits of production risk management through financial mechanisms. In particular the authors investigate the role that weather index insurance can play in generating better adaptation pathways to weather shocks for smallholder farmers than existing ones. Evidence from several pilot insurance programs shows that although the potential for innovative insurance mechanisms is real, additional work to understand their effectiveness and substantial scale-up efforts will be needed to achieve a sustainable expansion of efficient agricultural insurance markets in Africa. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1478892025-11-06T04:01:38Z Insurance opportunities against weather risks for smallholder farmers in Africa Ceballos, Francisco Ulimwengu, John M. Makombe, Tsitsi Robles, Miguel insurance risk management weather hazards low income groups agricultural sector agricultural policies sustainable livelihoods agricultural insurance smallholders nutrition agricultural development food security resilience climate-smart agriculture climate change Chapter 6 provides important insights into the promises and limits of production risk management through financial mechanisms. In particular the authors investigate the role that weather index insurance can play in generating better adaptation pathways to weather shocks for smallholder farmers than existing ones. Evidence from several pilot insurance programs shows that although the potential for innovative insurance mechanisms is real, additional work to understand their effectiveness and substantial scale-up efforts will be needed to achieve a sustainable expansion of efficient agricultural insurance markets in Africa. 2017 2024-06-21T09:23:27Z 2024-06-21T09:23:27Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147889 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134046 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ceballos, Francisco; Ulimwengu, John M.; Makombe, Tsitsi; and Robles, Miguel. 2017. Insurance opportunities against weather risks for smallholder farmers in Africa. In A thriving agricultural sector in a changing climate: Meeting Malabo Declaration goals through climate-smart agriculture, eds. Alessandro De Pinto and John M. Ulimwengu. Chapter 6, pp. 69-85. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896292949_06. |
| spellingShingle | insurance risk management weather hazards low income groups agricultural sector agricultural policies sustainable livelihoods agricultural insurance smallholders nutrition agricultural development food security resilience climate-smart agriculture climate change Ceballos, Francisco Ulimwengu, John M. Makombe, Tsitsi Robles, Miguel Insurance opportunities against weather risks for smallholder farmers in Africa |
| title | Insurance opportunities against weather risks for smallholder farmers in Africa |
| title_full | Insurance opportunities against weather risks for smallholder farmers in Africa |
| title_fullStr | Insurance opportunities against weather risks for smallholder farmers in Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Insurance opportunities against weather risks for smallholder farmers in Africa |
| title_short | Insurance opportunities against weather risks for smallholder farmers in Africa |
| title_sort | insurance opportunities against weather risks for smallholder farmers in africa |
| topic | insurance risk management weather hazards low income groups agricultural sector agricultural policies sustainable livelihoods agricultural insurance smallholders nutrition agricultural development food security resilience climate-smart agriculture climate change |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147889 |
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