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Picture-based crop insurance: Using smartphone camera data for claims verification in India by Ceballos, Francisco, Gaur, Pushkar, Gupta, Monali, Kannan, Samyuktha, Kramer, Berber

“…This brief discusses the findings of an impact evaluation of a picture-based crop insurance scheme that uses smartphone camera data for claims verification in India. 3ie initially received funding for the Agricultural Insurance Evidence Program from UK aid through the Department for International Development (now known as FCDO). …”
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Picture-based crop insurance: A randomized controlled trial evaluating the impacts of using smartphone camera data for claims verification in India by Ceballos, Francisco, Gaur, Pushkar, Gupta, Monali, Kannan, Samyuktha, Kramer, Berber

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The feasibility of Picture-Based insurance (PBI): Smartphone pictures for affordable crop insurance by Ceballos, Francisco, Kramer, Berber, Robles, Miguel

“…Under PBI, insurance claims are verified using a time-lapse of pictures from insured plots, both pre- and post-damage, taken by farmers themselves using regular smartphone cameras. …”
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The feasibility of Picture-Based Insurance (PBI): Smartphone pictures for affordable crop insurance by Ceballos, Francisco, Kramer, Berber, Robles, Miguel

“…PBI verifies insurance claims using smartphone pictures of insured plots, taken by farmers themselves, to minimize asymmetric information and costs of claims verification, while reducing basis risk compared to index-based insurance. …”
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Innovations in insuring the poor: Experience with weather index-based insurance in India and Malawi by Giné, Xavier

“…As a result, advocates argue that payouts can be calculated and disbursed quickly and automatically without the need for households to formally file a claim. This arrangement in turn reduces transaction costs, which would otherwise tend to drive up the price of the insurance. …”
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See It Grow: A randomized evaluation of digital innovations in crop insurance to increase insurance and fertilizer demand in Kenya by Kramer, Berber, Cecchi, Francesco, Kivuva, Benjamin, Waweru, Carol, Waithaka, Lilian

“…Picture-based insurance (PBI) is an innovation designed to lower basis risk in index-based crop insurance for smallholder farmers by indemnifying insurance claims based on crop damage documented through a stream of pre- and post-damage smartphone pictures. …”
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The ABC of crop insurance: Farmers training report by Osiemo, Jamleck, Templer, Noel, Muriithi, Cyrus, Kinyua, Ivy Wambui, Karobia, Priscilla

“…This report focuses on a training program in Meru County that educated farmers about crop insurance. It covered the basics of insurance, its benefits, and how it works, including aspects like basis risk, premiums, and claims.…”
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Explaining index-based livestock insurance to pastoralists by McPeak, J.G., Chantarat, S., Mude, Andrew G.

“…It will be interesting to see if there are any gender dimensions to insurance use. In addition, with competing claims to livestock with complex property rights, there is a need to monitor how insurance interacts with social ideas of livestock ownership. …”
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Playbook for designing and implementing picture-based insurance by Ceballos, Francisco, Aredo, Samson Dejene, Gaur, Pushkar, Kannan, Samyuktha, Kramer, Berber, Pattnaik, Subhransu, Waweru, Carol

“…Picture-Based Insurance is a new, innovative way of delivering affordable, comprehensive, and easy-to-understand crop insurance. …”
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Area-based yield index insurance brochure: Isabela by Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation., International Rice Research Institute, PhilRice

“…The area-based yield (ARBY) index insurance compensates farmers when an area's yield falls below a trigger yield, independent of individual farmer’s harvest. …”
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Area-based yield index insurance brochure: Capiz by Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation, International Rice Research Institute, PhilRice

“…The area-based yield (ARBY) index insurance compensates farmers when an area's yield falls below a trigger yield, independent of individual farmer’s harvest. …”
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Innovations in insuring the poor: Microinsurance for health and agricultural risks by Leftley, Richard

“…When, however, the MFIs had to capture data on spouses and children, introduce a policy that ran for longer than the loan, or administer a significant volume of claims such as those arising from health insurance, the cracks started to appear. …”
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The potential and uptake of remote sensing in insurance: A review by Leeuw, Jan de, Vrieling, A., Shee, Apurba, Atzberger, Clement, Hadgu, K.M., Biradar, Chandrashekhar M., Keah, H., Turvey, C.G.

“…Surprisingly, the use of remote sensing in claim-based insurance appears to be instigated by government rather than the insurance industry. …”
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Area-based yield index insurance brochure: Camarines Sur by International Rice Research Institute, Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation, PhilRice

“…The area-based yield (ARBY) index insurance compensates farmers when an area's yield falls below a trigger yield, independent of individual farmer’s harvest. …”
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Simulation and analysis of area-based yield (ARBY) index insurance for rice by Alcala, Jeric

“…These ratios indicate that the product is viable for both farmers and insurers, balancing affordability and risk management; (b) the probability of financial ruin—where total claims exceed collected premiums—was calculated at 13.90% for 80% coverage and 20.70% for 90% coverage. …”
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When implementation goes wrong: Lessons from crop insurance in India by Nirmal, Rajalakshmi, Babu, Suresh Chandra

“…Based on experiments to bring about comprehensive crop insurance coverage over the last 50 years, the Indian government introduced a new crop insurance program, called Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), in April 2016. …”
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Looking beyond loss and damage: Reframing insurance to promote adaptation and resilience by Kramer, Berber, Hellin, Jonathan, Hansen, James, Rose, Alison, Braun, Mélody

“…Insurance program impacts however too often claim impacts based on the number of farmers insured, or total payouts made; instead of documenting livelihood impacts, and/or addressing key challenges that hamper impacts on resilience. …”
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Loss prevention for hog farmers: Insurance, on-farm biosecurity practices, and vaccination by Zhang, Yue-hua, Li, Chu-Shiu, Liu, Chwen-Chi, Chen, Kevin Z.

“…Using agricultural household survey data and claim records from insurers for the year 2009, this paper analyzes hog producers' choice of means of loss prevention and identifies the relationships among biosecurity practices, vaccination, and hog insurance. …”
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Project Completion Report of Index-Based Agriculture Insurance in Haor Area by Amarnath, Giriraj, Ahmed, Syed Moinuddin, Pavez, Ali T.

“…To transform these plans into reality, with the extensive support from Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority of Bangladesh (IDRA), Green Delta Insurance Company Limited and its distribution channel partner OXFAM Bangladesh and local associate Sancred Welfare Foundation (SWF) have insured 316 Farmers of Tahirpur, Sunamganj area under Index-Based Crop Insurance as a pilot basis. …”
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The ABC of crop insurance as a risk management tool: A manual for farmers by Murabula, Sarah, Hientz, Lennart, Binge, Brenda, Mwongera, Caroline, Muriithi, Cyrus K, Kinyua, Ivy Wambui, Osiemo, Jamleck

“…As part of the outputs to improve adoption the project developed a farmer guide to provide them with information on crop insurance such as the advantages of crop insurance, types of crop insurance, what to consider when choosing an insurance policy, the claims process, and the costs associated with crop insurance. …”
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