Picture-based crop insurance: Is it feasible? Using farmers’ smartphone pictures to minimize the costs of loss verification

The Picture-Based Crop Insurance (PBI) project aims to develop a new way of delivering affordable and easy-to-understand crop insurance using farmers’ smartphone pictures to minimize the costs of loss verification. The project, funded by the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Mark...

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Main Authors: Kramer, Berber, Ceballos, Francisco, Hufkens, Koen, Melaas, Eli, Mishra, Azad, Mann, Michael L., Toor, Mann S., Robles, Miguel
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2017
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148110
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author Kramer, Berber
Ceballos, Francisco
Hufkens, Koen
Melaas, Eli
Mishra, Azad
Mann, Michael L.
Toor, Mann S.
Robles, Miguel
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Hufkens, Koen
Kramer, Berber
Mann, Michael L.
Melaas, Eli
Mishra, Azad
Robles, Miguel
Toor, Mann S.
author_facet Kramer, Berber
Ceballos, Francisco
Hufkens, Koen
Melaas, Eli
Mishra, Azad
Mann, Michael L.
Toor, Mann S.
Robles, Miguel
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description The Picture-Based Crop Insurance (PBI) project aims to develop a new way of delivering affordable and easy-to-understand crop insurance using farmers’ smartphone pictures to minimize the costs of loss verification. The project, funded by the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM), is a partnership between the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the Borlaug Institute for South Asia (BISA), HDFC Ergo General Insur-ance, Limited, and researchers from The George Washington Uni-versity, Boston University, and Ghent University.
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spelling CGSpace1481102025-11-06T06:09:16Z Picture-based crop insurance: Is it feasible? Using farmers’ smartphone pictures to minimize the costs of loss verification Kramer, Berber Ceballos, Francisco Hufkens, Koen Melaas, Eli Mishra, Azad Mann, Michael L. Toor, Mann S. Robles, Miguel insurance crops losses smallholders assessment photography The Picture-Based Crop Insurance (PBI) project aims to develop a new way of delivering affordable and easy-to-understand crop insurance using farmers’ smartphone pictures to minimize the costs of loss verification. The project, funded by the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM), is a partnership between the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the Borlaug Institute for South Asia (BISA), HDFC Ergo General Insur-ance, Limited, and researchers from The George Washington Uni-versity, Boston University, and Ghent University. 2017 2024-06-21T09:23:51Z 2024-06-21T09:23:51Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148110 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133534 application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Kramer, Berber; Ceballos, Francisco; Hufkens, Koen; Melaas, Eli; Mishra, Azad; Mann, Michael; Toor, Mann S.; Robles, Miguel. 2017. Picture-based crop insurance: Is it feasible? Using farmers’ smartphone pictures to minimize the costs of loss verification. Project Note 1. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institue (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148110
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Kramer, Berber
Ceballos, Francisco
Hufkens, Koen
Melaas, Eli
Mishra, Azad
Mann, Michael L.
Toor, Mann S.
Robles, Miguel
Picture-based crop insurance: Is it feasible? Using farmers’ smartphone pictures to minimize the costs of loss verification
title Picture-based crop insurance: Is it feasible? Using farmers’ smartphone pictures to minimize the costs of loss verification
title_full Picture-based crop insurance: Is it feasible? Using farmers’ smartphone pictures to minimize the costs of loss verification
title_fullStr Picture-based crop insurance: Is it feasible? Using farmers’ smartphone pictures to minimize the costs of loss verification
title_full_unstemmed Picture-based crop insurance: Is it feasible? Using farmers’ smartphone pictures to minimize the costs of loss verification
title_short Picture-based crop insurance: Is it feasible? Using farmers’ smartphone pictures to minimize the costs of loss verification
title_sort picture based crop insurance is it feasible using farmers smartphone pictures to minimize the costs of loss verification
topic insurance
crops
losses
smallholders
assessment
photography
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148110
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