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Innovations in insuring the poor: Providing insurance through microfinance institutions: The Indian experience by Ruchismita, Rupalee, Varma, Sona

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Rent Dispersion in the US Agricultural Insurance Industry by Smith, Vincent H., Glauber, Joseph W., Dismukes, Robert

“…We find that as total payments to insurance companies increased between 2001 and 2009, an increasingly large share of the agricultural insurance industry’s rents accrued to insurance agents, although in markets where insurance companies possessed some oligopsony power, agent payments are smaller. …”
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Time to reform the US federal agricultural insurance program by Smith, Vincent H., Glauber, Joseph W., Goodwin, Barry K.

“…The total cost of the federal crop insurance program is likely to average about $8 billion a year over the next 10 years, of which on average about $5.5 billion a year will flow to farmers, enhancing their incomes, and $2.5 billion will flow to private crop insurance companies and agents. …”
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Innovations in insuring the poor: Microinsurance for health and agricultural risks by Leftley, Richard

“…Between 2002 and 2005 the team worked as an internal consultancy that designed products around the needs of Opportunity’s clients; designed, discussed, and agreed upon insurance products; and set up a direct bank assurance or “partner–agent” relationship between the bank and insurers. …”
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The role of heterogenous implementation on the uptake and long-term diffusion of agricultural insurance in a pastoral context by Jensen, Nathaniel D., Teufel, Nils, Banerjee, Rupsha R., Galgallo, Diba, Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia

“…Surveys collected from insurance sales agents reveals considerable heterogeneity in their ability to and effort in suppling IBLI. …”
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The dynamics of microinsurance demand in developing countries under liquidity constraints and insurer default risk by Liu, Yanyan, Myers, Robert J.

“…We study the dynamics of microinsurance demand by risk‐averse agents who can borrow and lend subject to a liquidity constraint, and also perceive a risk of insurer default. …”
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Editorial: Revisiting the role of business, technical and financial services in fostering rural entrepreneurship by Donovan, J., Hellin, Jonathan, Stoian, D.

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Using digital repeat photography to strengthen seasonal monitoring in Ethiopia’s R4 Rural Resilience Initiative by Aredo, Samson Dejene, Kramer, Berber

“…Specifically, we test a prototype for using smartphone images of insured fields (or ‘picture-based insurance’) to monitor crops and manage basis risk in R4 insurance policies. …”
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Evidencias de la integración del enfoque “Adaptación basada en Ecosistemas” -AbE- en productos financieros y de seguros comerciales by Pacay Tot, Eduardo F, Madrigal, Róger, Evia, Pablo

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ESOKO Integration with digital financial products as a bundled service to AICCRA Farmers by Nii-Koi, Gordon

“…Esoko Ghana implements an innovative agricultural value chain digitization service called the Digital Farmer Service (DFS) project and in partnership with Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) that leverages mobile and web technologies to develop a super-agent network across several vulnerable farming communities; creating an ecosystem that connects farmers to services by linking them to various actors along the agricultural value chain (input dealers, financial institutions, insurance etc.) using mobile and web technologies. …”
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Empowering Ethiopian Smallholder Farmers: Lersha-CIMMYT Collaboration under AICCRA Initiative for Tailored Agro-Climate Advisory towards building smallholder farmers' Resilience by Sileshi, Meron, Endris, Hanna, Nassir, Abdelah, Tadesse, Noha, Yohannes, Zemen, Endrias, Abrhame

“…Leveraging technology, Lersha offers a comprehensive platform where farmers can also directly connect with Lersha Agents to fulfil their farming requirements. The platform comprises a mobile application, a call center, and a dedicated team of Lersha Agents, facilitating seamless transactions and interactions with farmers. …”
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Analyzing the use of ICT in demand and access to information and services for pastoralists by Khalai, D., Banerjee, Rupsha R., Mude, Andrew G.

“…One of ILRI's commercial partners, Takaful Insurance of Africa (TIA) uses community shop agents in the distribution of the IBLI product. …”
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Social networks near and far: The role of bonding and bridging social capital for assets of the rural poor by Mogues, Tewodaj

“…With formal insurance and credit markets either absent or inaccessible to rural agents in most poor rural economies, social networks play a highly important role in mitigating the risks that agricultural households face. …”
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CTA Project Completion Report: Data4Ag by Addison, Chris, Msengezi, Chipo, Muyiramye, Didier, Neate, Paul

“… • Strategic development advice.Consultancy support to develop membership services can be provided for software development and data ownership agreements • Data take-on agents. Financial support to hire short-term agents to assist with initial registration and promotion of services.…”
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Launch of the Ethiopian Digital AgroClimate Advisory Platform (EDACaP) Progress Report on EDACaP Development and Hosting by Ahmed, Jemal Seid, Tesfaye, Kindie, Sibiry Traoré, Pierre C.

“…This brief outlines progress achieved with the establishment of the Ethiopian Digital AgroClimate Advisory Platform (EDACaP) under the CCAFS project P263 (Regional and national engagement, synthesis and strategic research) with support from P1605 (Capacitating African Stakeholders with Climate Advisories and Insurance Development). EDACaP aims to build farmers' resilience through agro-climate advisories that digitally integrate climate, soil, crop and agronomic data and are delivered through SMS, IVRS and radio to development agents and farmers in local languages. …”
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Scaling Roadmap: Advancing User-centric Bundled Climate Information (CIS) and Digital Agro-Advisory Services (CSA) in Ethiopia by Ewell, Hanna, Rettie, Fasil, Ndour, Adama, Makonnen, Brook T., Ambaw, Gebermedihin, Solomon, Dawit, Girvetz, Evan

“…. - Lersha–CIMMYT model delivers biweekly voice/SMS advisories; links mechanization, inputs, credit, insurance, and markets; leverages agents, cooperatives, and meteorological services to reach women, youth, and non-literate farmers. - Responsible scaling: strengthen forecasts and localization; integrate with extension, finance, policy; diversify revenues; embed inclusion safeguards—building resilient, sustainable CSA/CIS ecosystems nationwide.…”
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Empowering Ugandan Farmers Through Digital Innovation: Training on the M-Omulimisa Platform for Climate-Smart Farming Decisions by Ssebwana, Julian A, Okonya, Joshua, Barungi, Julian, Recha, John W.M.

“…This digital literacy training focused on utilizing the M-Omulimisa digital platforms to profile farmers, enhance access to agricultural insurance, quality farm inputs, market information, weather forecasts, and agro-advisories. …”
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Turning Scaling for Impact (S4I): Livestock productivity enhancement through improved forage technologies and a government partnership approach by Regassa, Bekele, Gudissa, Mulugeta, Ayele, Kalkidan, Mwendia, Solomon, Notenbaert, An

“…Training of trainers (TOT) was facilitated in Hawassa town in August 2025 for 80 experts and development agents drawn from regional to kebele levels in collaboration with the MOA. …”
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Innovations and policy design for development for cross-value chain services (logistics and financial services) by Balana, Bedru, Olanrewaju, Opeyemi, Ambler, Kate, de Brauw, Alan, Bloem, Jeffrey R., Kadjo, Didier, Wossen, Tesfamichael, Liverpool-Tasie, Saweda Lenis Onipede, Abdoulaye, Tahirou

“…Though these emerging DFS appear to have a high potential to benefit smallholders and SMEs across the agri-food value chains in LMICs, they need a reliable internet connection, a suitable mobile phone network, and a broad network of mobile money agents to be effective. WP3 thus aims to identify innovations/emerging logistics and DFS and test their effectiveness to smallholders and SMEs using randomized control trials (RCTs) in pilots, with the goal of country-specific scalable designs.…”
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Impact of shamba shape up and iShamba on livestock and climate resilience by Vyas, Shalika, Burra, Dharani Dhar, Calvin, Kiprop, Kirwa, Lilian, Rottmann, Sophie, Ramirez Villegas, Julian

“…Improvements in financial literacy were also notable, with 70% of farmers reporting enhanced understanding of loans and insurance, and 35% using financial services for the first time. …”
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