Search Results - "Insurance

Hästens hudproblem by Hoyle, Christina

“…Euthanasia due to skin disease was registered in 7,1 % of cases, which can be compared to 13, 6 % of horses euthanised because of skin disease according to life insurance claim statistics of Agria (1997-2007). These figures do not include traumatic skin injuries.…”
Get full text

Kolik hos häst - vanliga riskfaktorer och profylaktiskt arbete by Lundin, Malin

“…As a complement, contact was also taken with five insurance companies to get their opinion regarding the number of colic cases registered. …”
Get full text

Nyblivna skogsägares riskperception by Skovdal, Adam, Enarsson, Olofsson

Get full text

Une assurance agricole pour pallier les aléas climatiques au Burkina Faso by Ouattara, Haoua

“…Composante de ce projet, l’assurance agricole basée sur le modèle du Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF) visait à réduire les risques liés aux aléas climatiques auxquels sont confrontées les exploitations familiales.…”
Get full text

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. …”
Get full text

Lessons learnt in CCAFS Flagship 4 Phase II by Born, Lorna

“…Flagship 4 focuses on Climate Services and Safety Nets in Latin America, Asia and Africa, encompassing climate services design and implementation, insurance and early warning systems. An approach to quantifying lessons learned was developed, based on the climate services value chain and the institutions, assumptions and scaling strategies employed in the projects. …”
Get full text

Scaling Potato Seed production in East Africa by Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture

“…Our current streams are: - Agriservices - Risk Management and Financial Inclusion for smallholder farmers, implementing and scaling up affordable agricultural insurance products and risk transfer mechanism to access credit; - Access to Seeds…”
Get full text

Annual report 2020: CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets by CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets

“…Examples of PIM innovations scaled up by partners in 2020 are private sector seed marketing in Ethiopia, picture-based insurance in Ethiopia, India and Kenya, and tools for inclusive governance of natural resources in India and Peru.…”
Get full text

Mapping of Rice Areas in Egypt using SAR Imagery by Mathieu, Renaud

“…This use case aims to develop a digital rice monitoring platform in Egypt based on near-real-time satellite data to support national policies, food security, and market management, as well as to facilitate farmers’ resilience through the development of insurance and microfinance products. This report presents the preliminary results of mapping rice areas across the Nile Delta during the 2022 summer season using IRRI’s RIICE platform in collaboration with Tanta University and European Space Agency…”
Get full text

Behavioral market intelligence and its implications for seed systems development by Trachtman, Carly, Kramer, Berber, Demont, Matty

“…We highlight areas for innovation to facilitate farmers’ learning about new varieties, including leveraging social networks and information and communication technologies (ICT), and to strengthen farmers’ ability to manage risks associated with investing in new varieties, including facilitation of experimentation, insurance and consumer marketing.…”
Get full text

Enhanced capacity of service providers in the deployment of RiceAdvice digital application by Ahouantona, Kokou, Guindo, Samuel, Dossou-Yovo, Elliott Ronald

“…The use of RiceAdvice also facilitates farmers access to finances particularly loans from the banks as an insurance for good yields in the face of climate change. …”
Get full text

Risk-Contingent Credit (RCC): Assessing smallholders' agricultural credit needs and the feasibility of implementing RCC in Ethiopia by Timu, Anne G., Shee, Apurba, Yilma, Marta, Bellisa, Temesgen, Kebede, Temesgen, You, Liangzhi

“…Risk-contingent credit, which bundles credit with insurance against climate risks, is one promising solution. …”
Get full text

Technical paper on socioeconomics and food security dimensions of climate change by Ringler, Claudia, Rosegrant, Mark W.

“…The paper then identifies key entry points to address climate change and socioeconomic challenges, including the role of investment in agricultural research, irrigation investment, climate-smart agriculture, the role of ICT, trade as a buffer to climate change, crop insurance, as well as safety nets for the poorest and most vulnerable.…”
Get full text

A 1998 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Paraguay by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…These sectors include (1) primary sector (agriculture, livestock, hunting, mining and fishery), (2) manufactured goods, (3) construction, (4) utilities (electricity and water and sewage), (5) transportation, storage and communications, (6) trade, restaurants and hotels, (7) financial services such us banking, insurance, real state and services provided to the firms, and (8) community, social and personal services.…”
Get full text

Assessment of Climate Services (CS) actors in selected regions in Vietnam from produces to end users by Barlis, Angelica, Imbach, Pablo, Ngan Vu, Duy Nhiem Nguyen, Thao Pham, Trung Nguyen Duc, Swaans, Cornelis P.M.

“…This assessment is part of a project aimed at developing climate risk management systems and insurance products for Southeast Asia (DeRISK SE Asia funded by IKI).…”
Get full text

Migratory responses to agricultural risk in Northern Nigeria by Dillon, Andrew, Mueller, Valerie, Salau, Sheu

“…We investigate the extent in which northern Nigerian households engage in internal migration to insure against ex ante and ex post agricultural risk due to weather-related variability and shocks. …”
Get full text

The broken broker system? Transacting on agricultural wholesale markets in India (Uttarakhand) by Minten, Bart, Vandeplas, Anneleen, Swinnen, Johan

“…These relationships allow some of the farmers to interlink credit and insurance markets to the agricultural output market. …”
Get full text

Networks and informal mutual support in 15 Ethiopian villages by Hoddinott, John F., Dercon, Stefan, Krishnan, Pramila

“…Not only is the threat of such adverse events pervasive, but also formal credit and insurance mechanisms in much of the subcontinent are badly underdeveloped.…”
Get full text

The role of poultry in Kenyan livelihoods and the ex ante impact assessment of HPAI on livelihood outcomes by Ndirangu, Lydia, Birol, Ekin, Roy, Devesh, Yakhshilikov, Yorbol

“…The few studies on the role of poultry in Kenyan livelihoods suggest that poultry plays an important role in the livelihoods of small-scale poultry producers, contributing to their incomes, wealth, insurance against shocks, diet quality, culture, religion, and tradition (Njenga 2005; Kimani et al. 2006).…”
Get full text

Motivations and incentives for mechanization in Zambia: A mixed methods analysis by Mulungu, Kelvin Hicingabula, Ngoma, Lushomo Molly, Rumbidzai Mhembere, Manyanga, Mark, Simutowe, Esau, Thierfelder, Christian L., Md Abdul Matin, Ngoma, Hambulo

“…Risk-contingent credit (RCC), and RCC combined with repair insurance were the most preferred incentives, highlighting farmers' need for comprehensive risk management in mechanization investments.…”
Get full text