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La lutte contre la pauvreté rurale passe par l’innovation

Sat, 12/27/2014
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General
Data
Product design
Weather index
Hybrid
Product distribution
Meso-level
Country: 
Rwanda
Niyitegeka Veneranda, 55 ans, est agricultrice au Rwanda. Elle a sept enfants et cinq petits-enfants. Alors qu’elle possède moins d’un hectare de terrain avec son mari, elle a réussi a construire une petite maison, à nourrir sa famille et à envoyer se trois plus jeunes enfants à l’école. Grâce à une assurance agricole, elle a obtenu un prêt d’une banque locale qui lui a permis d’accroître sa production de riz, et elle prévoit de demander un autre prêt l’année prochaine pour étendre encore sa surface cultivable.
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Turning the tide on rural poverty requires innovative new products

Sat, 12/27/2014
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General
Other frameworks
Product design
Weather index
Product distribution
Meso-level
Country: 
Rwanda
Fifty-five year old Niyitegeka Veneranda lives in rural Rwanda. She and her husband are parents to seven children and grandparents to five. They farm less than a hectare of their own land, yet she has been able to build a small house, feed her family, and send her last three children to school. She expanded her rice production recently with a loan from a local bank made possible through agricultural insurance, and plans to expand her acreage with another loan next year.
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Jun

5th Annual Africa Insurers and Reinsurers Conference

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Premium subsidies
Product distribution
Year: 
2015
The 2015 Africa Insurance & Reinsurance Conference will keep you up-to-date with the latest industry developments, marketing strategies and product innovations relevant for the African market. New technologies, development of new client segments and the overall economic growth in the continent is not only forcing regional insurers to rethink the way they conduct business but also forcing the global players to look at Africa as a strategic market for growth. At the 4th Annual Africa Insurance and Reinsurance Conference, will focus on key fundamentals to the business of insurance and...
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26
Nov

Agriculture Insurance Conference - How can we make it work to contribute to food security?

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Weather index
Product distribution
Year: 
2014
The Conference will focus on how agricultural insurance and food security are linked and how this link is relevant for future development efforts. It will sharpen the understanding under what circumstances and how agricultural insurance can best contribute to food security and provides a platform to share experiences. The Conference welcomes food security and agricultural insurance experts, development organizations, insurance policy makers and regulators, academia and representatives from the private sector. View AIC 2014 panelist interviews here .
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11
Nov

10th International Microinsurance Conference 2014

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Weather index
Product distribution
Micro-level
Year: 
2014
From 11 to 13 November 2014, the 10th International Microinsurance Conference will take place in Mexico City. Around 500 participants and experts from around the world will exchange views and discuss the challenges of microinsurance. The participants will include representatives of insurance and reinsurance companies, international organisations, NGOs and development-aid agencies as well as academics, policymakers, and supervisory regulators.
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Weather Index Insurance for Maize Production in Eastern Indonesia

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Data
Weather index
Catastrophe weather derivative
Product distribution
This study explores the feasibility of weather index insurance (WII) in providing cost-effective ways for rural dwellers to manage risk and better cope with catastrophic events. The case study analyzed is drought coverage for maize production risk in Eastern Indonesia. Indonesia is considered one of the more vulnerable countries to hydro-meteorological risks in Asia. In some agricultural areas, harvest and production dip significantly during ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation) events due to belownormal rainfall. Indonesian production is highly dependent upon rainfall. Only 17 percent of the...
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ILRI's success story in Kenya

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General
Weather index
Livestock
Product distribution
ILRI's successfully implments story index-based insurance for livestock in Kenya
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Automated Weather Stations Drive Groundbreaking Low-cost Micro-insurance Plan for Rwanda’s Farmers

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Data management
Data providers
Legal/Regulatory frameworks
Weather index
Area yield
Hybrid
Product distribution
Meso-level
Country: 
Rwanda
As Rwandan farmers face increasingly erratic rainfall, an innovative program launched today will use automated weather stations to offer 20,000 farmers in the Southern and Western provinces of Rwanda low-cost insurance to protect their loans for high-yielding seeds, fertilizers, and other farm inputs.
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Weathering the Risks: Scalable Weather Index Insurance in East Africa

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General
Weather index
Product distribution
Having enough food in East Africa depends largely on the productivity of smallholder farms, which in turn depends on farmers’ ability to invest in their farms. Weather insurance can encourage farmers to make these critical investments by improving their access to credit. The Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF)—an IFC/IBRD collaboration housed under IFC’s Access to Finance’s Global Retail/Microfinance Cluster—is an innovative program that is expanding access to insurance against weather risks and natural disasters to farmers, livestock herders, and others, particularly in Africa and the...
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IFC, SANASA Insurance Contribute to Food Security in Sri Lanka through Weather Insurance

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Premium subsidies
Product design
Weather index
Area yield
Hybrid
Product distribution
Micro-level
Meso-level
Country: 
Sri Lanka
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group through its Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF), has entered into a project agreement with SANASA Insurance Company Ltd, to support the development and use of flexible and affordable weather index insurance products to help minimize the impact of crop losses due to floods or droughts on farmer livelihoods. The project objective is to expand access to insurance for food crops such as rice and in turn offer protection for up to 15,000 small-scale farmers against weather-related risks and natural disasters. The project will also raise awareness amongst 50...
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