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Using the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index for Market Inclusion (pro-WEAI+MI) by Go, Ara, Paz, Florencia, Raghunathan, Kalyani, Ray, Soumyajit

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Scaling access to index-based insurance for more productive agriculture: Experiences, lessons learned and perspectives by Ouedraogo, Issa, Sarr, Yassine, Omar, Sow, Chilambe, Pedro

Subjects: “…agricultural insurance…”
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How empowered are Bangladeshi women in the agricultural setting?: Empirical evidence using a new Index by Sraboni, Esha, Quisumbing, Agnes R., Ahmed, Akhter

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Understanding women’s time use in farming communities: Insights from the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index by Abdu, Aishat, Malapit, Hazel J., Go, Ara

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Index insurance for managing climate-related agricultural risk: toward a strategic research agenda by Nicola, F. de, Hill, Ruth Vargas, Carter, M., Choularton, R., Hansen, James, Osgood, D.

“…In October 2011, the CGIAR program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and the Index Insurance Innovation Initiative (I4) organized a joint workshop hosted by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). …”
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Index-based agricultural insurance products: challenges, opportunities and prospects for uptake in sub-Sahara Africa by Ntukamazina, Nepomuscene, Onwonga, Richard N., Sommer, Rolf, Rubyogo, Jean-Claude, Mukankusi, Clare Mugisha, Mburu, John, Kariuki, Rahab

“…Agricultural insurance products have been piloted in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to address climate related risks faced by farmers. …”
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Policy dialog workshop on flood index insurance and drought management for agricultural development in Bihar, India by International Water Management Institute

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Indicators of agricultural performance in the Muda Irrigation Scheme, Malaysia by Bhatia, R., Amarasinghe, Upali A., Imbulana, K.A.U.S.

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State of Index-Based Crop Insurance Interventions for Smallholder Farmers and Agribusinesses in East Africa by Osumba, Joab, Recha, John W.M., Demissie, Teferi Dejene

“…This review of index-based agricultural insurance for the Climate Resilient Agribusiness for Tomorrow—CRAFT (https://crafteastafrica.org/) project was part of a wider effort to strengthen understanding in the enabling environment for scaling in CRAFT interventions. …”
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Innovations in insuring the poor: Providing weather index and indemnity insurance in Ethiopia by Meherette, Eyob

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Progress in developing an infant and child feeding index: an example using the Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey 2000 by Arimond, Mary, Ruel, Marie T.

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2016 Global Hunger Index: Africa edition by von Grebmer, Klaus, Bernstein, Jill, Nabarro, David, Prasai, Nilam, Amin, Shazia, Yohannes, Yisehac, Sonntag, Andrea, Patterson, Fraser, Towey, Olive, Thompson, Jennifer

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Mind the gender gap in farmers’ preferences for weather-index insurance by Akter, Sonia, Krupnik, Timothy J., Rossi, Frederick, Khanam, Fahmida, International Rice Research Institute, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

Subjects: “…agricultural production…”
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Ex ante and ex post effects of hybrid index insurance in Bangladesh by Hill, Ruth Vargas, Kumar, Neha, Magnan, Nicholas, Makhija, Simrin, de Nicola, Francesca, Spielman, David J., Ward, Patrick S.

“…This study assesses both the demand for and effectiveness of an index insurance product designed to help smallholder farmers in Bangladesh manage crop production risk during the monsoon season. …”
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Capacity building on agricultural insurance for aggregators in Northern Ghana by Greatrex, Helen, Narh, Stephen, Tettey, Abigail, Yeboah, Angelina, Mahama, Aswad

Subjects: “…agriculture…”
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Swisscontact uses the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index to develop and implement gender and social inclusion strategies in agricultural value chains in southern Honduras by CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets

“…In the Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras, the NGO Swisscontact applied the Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI), Women’s Empowerment in Livestock Index (WELI) and WEAI for Market Inclusion (pro-WEAI+MI) to identify and implement actions to improve women's levels of empowerment in the production and processing links of three value chains of significant importance for the economic and social development of the region and country: cashew, dairy and fruits. …”
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Climate Smart village project: Index-based Crop Insurance coming to life in India by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) has introduced the model of "Climate Smart Villages (CSVs)" in India, and is slowly scaling up and expanding to other countries in the South Asia region. www.ccafs.cgiar.org The idea is to raise awareness among farming communities in South Asia about various technological, institutional and policy-oriented options that have the potential to increase their climatic resilience, adaptation, agricultural productivity and income, while reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. …”
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TH3.2: Women's Empowerment in Migration Index: Conceptual Framework and Early Results from Bangladesh by Alvi, Muzna

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Aerial mapping of rice crops using mosaicing techniques for vegetative index monitoring by Rojas, Juan P., Devia, Carlos Andres, Petro, Eliel E., Martínez, Carol, Mondragon, Iván Fernando, Patino, D., Rebolledo, María Camila, Colorado, J.

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Pesticide Index updated by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

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