Search Results - "Insurance

The influence of corporate governance on CSR by Sommensjö, Alexander

“…The conclusion of the study is that working with mechanisms of corporate governance can be valuable for the continued contribution to a sustainable development in the insurance sector. The conclusions can further be applicable on companies within or outside the insurance sector.…”
Get full text

Can markets support smallholder adoption of a food safety technology? Aflasafe in Kenya by Hoffmann, Vivian, Kariuki, Sarah, Pieters, Janneke, Treurniet, Mark

“…Farmers not assigned to the bundled insurance treatment who purchased Aflasafe were able to purchase the same insurance separately.…”
Get full text

Climate-smart agriculture options in mixed crop-livestock systems in Africa south of the Sahara by Thornton, Philip K., Rosenstock, Todd S., Lamanna, Christine, Bell, P., Förch, Wiebke, Henderson, Benjamin B., Herrero, Mario

“…Insurance programs have become an increasingly popular method for providing support to agricultural producers.1 Mahul and Stutley (2010) reported that in 2007 more than 100 countries had agricultural insurance programs available. …”
Get full text

TH2.3: A gender-responsive approach to designing agricultural risk management bundles by Pattnaik, Subhransu, Kramer, Berber, Ward, Patrick S., Foster, Tim, Adhikari, Roshan, Gaur, Pushkar, Mansabdar, Sanjay

“…Smallholder farmers are exposed to various risks, and because of their large risk exposure, agricultural insurance premiums are often too expensive to be affordable to smallholder farmers. …”
Get full text

Informing Policy with Agricultural Research-for-Development: Insights from Research on Resilience by Kramer, Berber

“…• Limited access to credit, e.g., due to a lack of collateral and documented land rights, exposes smallholder farmers to risk and liquidity constraints • This does not only reduce farmers’ ability to cope with weather shocks but may also prevent them from investing in their farms. • Insurance to reduce risk and thereby increase access to credit typically falls short: High costs of indemnity-based insurance; Basis risk in weather index-based insurance. • What if we can overcome information asymmetries at a low cost, using smartphone images?…”
Get full text

Feasibility of implementing a Risk-Contingent Credit (RCC) program in Zambia: Stakeholder engagement by Timu, Anne G., Shee, Apurba, You, Liangzhi

“…The borrower’s ability to repay the loan is linked to climate outcomes, which are highly correlated with farm productivity. An insurance company underwrites the climate risks (either in the form of drought or flood), such that if that underlying risk passes a certain threshold, the insurance is triggered and part or all of the borrower’s liability is transferred to the insurer. …”
Get full text

Financial risks that may impair smallholders’ ability to continue farming: An agricultural risk profiling methodology by Meira, J.

“…As learned during the training sessions, in the insurance/reinsurance industry and, in particular, for types of property insurance2, the usual way of gathering information about a certain agricultural risk or farm holding is through a proposal form (also known as questionnaire or risk assessment form).…”
Get full text

Analysis of economic incentives for managing risk at the farm level in the context of climate change by Barton, David N., Kakumanu KR, Palanisami K, Tirupathaiah, K.

“…Weather indexed crop insurance has the potential of offering risk management to high-risk populations in poor areas, by lowering transaction costs of managing contracts and payouts, thereby offering affordable insurance even to poor farmers. …”
Get full text

Health, shocks, and poverty persistence by Dercon, Stefan, Hoddinott, John F.

“…This book evaluates alternatives in widening insurance and social protection provision - including sustainability and poverty effects, in thematic papers and case studies, development assessments, and policy analyses…”
Get full text

Ideal partners: the farmer, the planner and the banker by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…They call biodiversity our insurance policy for life . So, in the farmers fields where biodiversity is essential and yet under threat, let s talk about the insurance premiums, let s talk money. …”
Get full text

Genetic and phenotypic analysis of elbow dysplasia in four large Swedish dog breeds : an evaluation of the screening programme and clinical symptoms by Medved, Anna

“…Data from the official ED screening programme from the Swedish Kennel Club (SKK) database, as well as data from elbow related insurance claims from the insurance company Agria. …”

Household-oriented benefits largely outweigh commercial benefits derived from cattle in Mabalane District, Mozambique by Karanja Ng'ang'a, Stanley, Ritho, Cecilia, Herrero, Mario, Fraval, Simon

“…The households secured financing, insurance and saving primarily by capital accumulation through herd expansion, for example after a good crop harvest, using the profit to purchase a young calf, an ox or a heifer. …”
Get full text

Site-specific agronomic information and technology adoption: A field experiment from Ethiopia by Hailemariam Ayalew, Chamberlin, Jordan, Newman, Carol

“…We found no differential effect of the targeted recommendation when coupled with agricultural insurance, suggesting that the risk of crop failure is not a binding constraint to fertilizer adoption in this context, or that farmers do not consider agricultural insurance a useful risk-mitigating mechanism.…”
Get full text

Kundrelationer på Internet : en utveckling av Skandias webbplats by Skoglund, Malin

“…This study is made in cooperation with the insurance company, Skandia. Skandia is a part of Old Mutual group's Nordic division and is one of Swedens largest insurance companies with a total of 1.9 million customers. …”

Analyzing the use of ICT in demand and access to information and services for pastoralists by Khalai, D., Banerjee, Rupsha R., Mude, Andrew G.

“…Index Based Livestock Insurance in the Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASALs) of Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia is being implemented by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), as a drought coping mechanism, anchored on the belief that development of an insurance scheme for livestock in a pastoral setting could be an effective risk-management strategy. …”
Get full text

CGIAR Center Directors Committee Minutes, Presiding Chair: M. Nour by CGIAR Center Directors Committee

“…Extensive discussion with the representative of IIE on services provided such as group medical and life insurance, SOS international assistance, bridging medical insurance and trustee liability insurance and a proposed salary review study are also reflected in the minutes. …”
Get full text

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

“…Microinsurance is a form of insurance designed for low- and middle- income consumers in emerging markets. …”
Get full text

Credit for agricultural development by Khandker, Shahidur R.

“…By “access to financial services” we mean access to credit, savings, payments, and insurance. Such a broad measure of access is called “financial inclusion” in the recent development literature. …”
Get full text

Developing and implementing Picture-Based Advisories (PBA) for farmers in Kenya by Ceballos, Francisco, Kramer, Berber, Kivuva, Benjamin

“…In the event of bad weather, pests, disease, or other problems that harm the crops, the photos are used to assess the damage and trigger insurance payouts.…”
Get full text

Science seminar: Managing risks and uncertainty for smallholder farmers by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…He discussed how index-based insurance is moving forward as a viable policy alternative to insure farmers against risks, and shared research into the role and potential of index insurance in rural development. …”
Get full text