Satellite data for agricultural index insurance
How can we ensure that drought is no longer an outright disaster to smallholder farmers in Africa, but instead a manageable risk? With low-cost satellite-based index insurance products that monitor climatic conditions in near real-time and automatically trigger a pay-out when conditions are below no...
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
2018
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| author | Woerd, Joost van der |
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| description | How can we ensure that drought is no longer an outright disaster to smallholder farmers in Africa, but instead a manageable risk? With low-cost satellite-based index insurance products that monitor climatic conditions in near real-time and automatically trigger a pay-out when conditions are below normal. This helps farmers secure necessary credit for inputs, recover faster from bad seasons and sustainably improve their livelihoods. |
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| spelling | CGSpace998152023-03-09T02:05:20Z Satellite data for agricultural index insurance Woerd, Joost van der How can we ensure that drought is no longer an outright disaster to smallholder farmers in Africa, but instead a manageable risk? With low-cost satellite-based index insurance products that monitor climatic conditions in near real-time and automatically trigger a pay-out when conditions are below normal. This helps farmers secure necessary credit for inputs, recover faster from bad seasons and sustainably improve their livelihoods. 2018-12 2019-02-28T16:19:03Z 2019-02-28T16:19:03Z Magazine Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99815 en Open Access application/pdf Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation Woerd, Joost van der. 2018. Satellite data for agricultural index insurance. ICT Update (89): 14. |
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