Resultados de búsqueda - "Insurance

Stakeholders prioritization of climate-smart agriculture interventions: Evaluation of a framework por Khatri-Chhetri, Arun, Pant, Anjali, Aggarwal, Pramod K., Vasireddy, Vijya Vardhan, Yadav, Akhilesh

“…Stakeholders prioritized mainly water and nutrient management technologies, agriculture insurance against climatic risks and ICT based weather and agro-advisory services. …”
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Who bears the burden of climate variability? A comparative analysis of the impact of weather conditions on inequality in Vietnam and Indonesia por Pacillo, Grazia, Cuong Nguyen Viet, Hafianti, Silvi, Abanokova, Kseniya, Hai-Anh Dang, Achicanoy Estrella, Harold Armando, Läderach, Peter R.D.

“…Interestingly, some households in Vietnam are able to completely offset short-term impact of climate variability, using remittances and transfer as an insurance, but our findings also show that their coping strategy does not withstand longer term impacts of persistent climate variability. …”
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Are smallholder farmers credit constrained? evidence on demand and supply constraints of credit in Ethiopia and Tanzania por Balana, Bedru, Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework, Haile, B., Hagos, Fitsum, Yimam, S., Ringler, Claudia

“…Based on these findings, we suggest that policies should focus on addressing both supply- and demand-side credit constraints, including through targeted interventions to reduce risk, such as crop insurance and gender-sensitive policies to improve women’s access to credit.…”
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The livestock sector transformation in Ethiopia: the fundamental role of animal identification, registration, data recording and traceability systems por Gebreyohanes, Gebregziabher, Meseret, Selam, Tera, Asrat, Negussie, Enyew, Ojango, Julie M.K., Chinyere, Ekine, Mrode, Raphael A., Okeyo Mwai, Ally

“…The critical place of animal identification, registration and data recording as the basis for animal and animal product traceability, disease control, genetic improvement of farmers’ animals, annual planning, acquisition of bank loan and insurance are outlined. The need and values of adopting standardized identification system, establish a centralized database, and data capture tools are articulated. …”
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Social protection: Designing adaptive systems to build resilience to climate change por Gilligan, Daniel O., Devereux, Stephen, Tenzing, Janna

“…Social protection systems comprise a wide variety of programs that include targeted cash and food transfers, food vouchers, school meals, public works, old age pensions, and public sector insurance, as well as the policy, administrative, and funding mechanisms to deliver these programs. …”
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Innovations and policy design for development for cross-value chain services (logistics and financial services) por Balana, Bedru, Olanrewaju, Opeyemi, Ambler, Kate, de Brauw, Alan, Bloem, Jeffrey R., Kadjo, Didier, Wossen, Tesfamichael, Liverpool-Tasie, Saweda Lenis Onipede, Abdoulaye, Tahirou

“…The WP focuses on two types of cross-value chain services, logistics and financial services. (1) logistics services – supply chain management, transportation, traceability, digital platforms for e-com merce, and (cold) storage. (2) value-chain financial services – mainly focusing on digital financial services (DFS) that facilitate trans actions, savings, access to and use of credit, and insurance. The logistics services in agri-food systems in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are often targeted at large-scale enterprises with greater market power and less accessible to smallholder farmers and small and micro enterprises (SMEs). …”
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Genomics and biochemical analyses reveal a metabolon key to β-L-ODAP biosynthesis in Lathyrus sativus por Edwards, Anne, Njaci, Isaac, Sarkar, Abhimanyu, Jiang, Zhouqian, Kaithakottil, Gemy George, Moore, Christopher, Cheema, Jitender, Stevenson, Clare E.M., Rejzek, Martin, Novák, Petr, Vigouroux, Marielle, Vickers, Martin, Wouters, Roland H.M., Paajanen, Pirita, Steuernagel, Burkhard, Moore, Jonathan D., Higgins, Janet, Swarbreck, David, Martens, Stefan, Kim, Colin Y., Weng, Jing-Ke, Mundree, Sagadevan, Kilian, Benjamin, Kumar, Shiv, Loose, Matt, Yant, Levi, Macas, Jiří, Wang, Trevor L., Martin, Cathie, Emmrich, Peter M.F.

“…Grass pea ( Lathyrus sativus L.) is a rich source of protein cultivated as an insurance crop in Ethiopia, Eritrea, India, Bangladesh, and Nepal. …”
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Africa Agriculture Transformation Scorecard: performance and lessons. Mozambique por Mutondo, J., Fakudze, Bhekiwe, Matchaya, Greenwell C., Wilson, D., Manussa, S., Greffiths, Ikhothatseng Jacob

“…One of the key recommendations of the analysis is for Mozambique should strengthen the resilience of its farmers, as the country's agricultural sector is particularly exposed to extreme weather events, which can wipe out anticipated harvests very quickly; appropriate mechanisms, such as agricultural insurance, should be made available to farmers.…”
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Rural income diversification in Ethiopia: Patterns, trends, and welfare impacts por Abate, Gashaw T., Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane, Regassa, Mekdim D., Minot, Nicholas

“…Further analyses reveal that income diversification is positively associated with credit access, membership in social insurance, ownership of assets and wealth, and population density. …”
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The impact of interventions in the global land and agri‐food sectors on Nature’s Contributions to People and the UN Sustainable Development Goals por McElwee, Pamela, Calvin, Katherine, Campbell, Donovan, Cherubini, Francesco, Grassi, Giacomo, Nkonya, Ephraim M.

“…Several interventions show potentially significant negative impacts on both SDGs and NCPs; these include bioenergy and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage, afforestation, and some risk sharing measures, like commercial crop insurance. Our results demonstrate that a better understanding of co‐benefits and trade‐offs of different policy approaches can help decision‐makers choose the more effective, or at the very minimum, more benign interventions for implementation.…”
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Access to markets, weather risk, and livestock production decisions: Evidence from Ethiopia por Abay, Kibrom A., Jensen, Nathaniel D.

“…Rather, they are more likely to engage in livestock production for precautionary savings and insurance. Furthermore, greater rainfall uncertainty influences livestock portfolio allocation towards those types of livestock which can be easily liquidated, while also discouraging investment in modern livestock inputs. …”
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Gender, demand for agricultural credit and digital technology: Survey evidence from Odisha por Kramer, Berber, Pattnaik, Subhransu, Ward, Patrick S.

“…When asked to imagine that their financial institution would use data on past cultivation through observations of smartphone and satellite imagery to review loan applications and insure loans, women reported significantly more often than men that this would increase (and not decrease) the likelihood that they would apply for loans, and their desired loan amounts increased significantly more than those of men. …”
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Ghana Scaling Week por Ewell, Hanna, Byandaga, Livingstone, Kagabo, Desire, Ouedraogo, Mathieu, Dalaa, Mustapha, Inusah, Sawdiatu Sandra, Yeboah, Stephen, Damba, Tahidu Osman, Sartas, Murat, Girvetz, Evan, Nzuki, Esther

“…. • To ensure that five million smallholder farmers have access to CIS-CSA bundles that incorporate knowledge and financial services (crop insurance), physical services, and consumables with 2 million of the beneficiaries being women. • To achieve an 80% increase in farm productivity while creating resilient communities that are food secure and prosperous. • To ensure that women have access to “smart” seeds and essential resources for effective and efficient crop production.…”
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Is there persistence in the impact of emergency food aid?: evidence on consumption, food security, and assets in rural Ethiopia por Gilligan, Daniel O., Hoddinott, John F.

“…However, these transfers also act as insurance against other shock effects, such as destruction of assets and changes in economic activity, which can have lasting deleterious consequences. …”
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Is there persistence in the impact of emergency food aid?: Evidence on consumption, food security, and assets in rural Ethiopia por Gilligan, Daniel O., Hoddinott, John F.

“…However, these transfers also act as insurance against other shock effects, such as destruction of assets and changes in economic activity, which can have lasting deleterious consequences. …”
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Development and adaptation of RIICE tool for Cote d'Ivoire por Mathieu, Renaud, Dossou-Yoyo, Eliott, Holecz, Francisco, Murusegan, Deiveegan, Quicho, Emma, Satapathy, Sushree, Akpoffo, Marius, Gatti, Luca, Ouedraogo, Mathieu

“…This report presents the development and adaptation of the RIICE (Remote sensing-based Information and Insurance for Crops in Emerging Economies) tool for Côte d'Ivoire, carried out under the auspices of the Regional Integrated Initiative of West and Central Africa in collaboration with the Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) project. …”
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Navigating formal, informal, and integrated seed systems: Drivers of choice by sorghum grain producers in Tanzania and implications for seed access por Muricho, Geoffrey, Gichuru, Lilian, Akpo, Essegbemon, Templer, Noel A., Puozaa, Doris Kanvenaa, Gitonga, Zachary, Melesse, Mequanint, Mwenda, Emmanuel Thomas, Mchau, Devotha, Binagwa, Papias Hongera, Shiundu, Ibrahim, Ojiewo, Chris Ochieng

“…Proximity and participation in input and output markets, financial literacy, use of crop insurance, and access to financial and extension services were associated with a high likelihood of using formal seed systems. …”
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Impact assessment of input and output market development interventions by IPMS Project: The case of Gomma Woreda por Tolemariam, A.

“…To hedge against the risk involved in sheep fattening practice, a kind of community based insurance program was established. In order to alleviate access to market, establishing farmers’ cooperatives and linking this cooperatives or individual farmers to potential buyers (including exporters) was done. …”
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Review of seasonal climate forecasting for agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa por Hansen, James, Mason SJ, Sun L, Tall, Arame

“…Those constraints that reflect inadequate information products, policies or institutional process can potentially be overcome.Additional opportunities to benefit rural communities come from expanding the use of seasonal forecast information for coordinating input and credit supply, food crisis management, trade and agricultural insurance. The surge of activity surrounding seasonal forecasting in SSA following the 1997/98 El Niño has waned in recent years, but emerging initiatives, such as the Global Framework for Climate Services and ClimDev-Africa, are poised to reinvigorate support for seasonal forecast information services for agriculture. …”
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Herd growth on shared rangeland: herd management and land-use decisions in Northern Kenya. por McPeak, J.G.

“…Empirical analysis of herd management decisions indicates sales and slaughter decisions are consistent with a model identifying livestock as a form of self-insurance. Herders sell and slaughter more animals as herd size increases. …”
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