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Financing Agriculture Forum 2015

Financing Agriculture Forum 2015

11
May
Presented by World Bank - AgriFin At the Financing Agriculture Forum 2015: Lending to Agricultural Value Chains, we will examine the opportunities for banks to use agricultural value chains to facilitate and expand lending to agriculture in a profitable and secure manner. Leading banks from across the world will share their expertise, know-how, processes and tools through a series of in-depth presentations, panels and discussions. There will be a multitude of opportunities to meet with bankers and agricultural finance professionals from across the globe and build your network. The final day of
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Global Index Insurance Conference

Global Index Insurance Conference

4
Dec
Agriculture Insurance: Lessons Learned and the Way Forward Index-based agricultural insurance can make a significant contribution to climate change adaptation, resilience to natural disasters, and improved food security for vulnerable populations in developing countries. When properly designed, with private and public support, index insurance is a risk management tool for smallholder farmers to manage the sustainability of their crops and enhance their ability to adapt to climate risks. On the national level, index insurance can also be used to protect governments and businesses against risks
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Innovative collaboration
10
Feb

Innovative collaboration

Produced by the Impact Insurance Facility in collaboration with the Global Index Insurance Facility
General
Data
Weather variability is a key limiting constraint to investments and the modernization of agriculture in Senegal. The drought-prone Sahel is characterized by irregular rainfall and relatively poor soils. Created in 2008 as a public-private partnership, the National Agricultural Insurance Company of Senegal (CNAAS) is in charge of underwriting crop and livestock insurance. At the request of the Minister of Finance of Senegal, a feasibility study was completed in 2009 by the World Bank to assess the potential of index insurance. This study recommended the development of weather-based index
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World Bank Group, Private Sector Partners To Improve Food Security Through Index-Insurance Solutions

World Bank Group, Private Sector Partners To Improve Food Security Through Index-Insurance Solutions

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General
Weather index
Despite significant efforts made towards greater food security in the last decade, there remain millions of poor people in developing nations who suffer from chronic hunger. Boosting agricultural output is critical to mitigating this enormous development challenge. In recent years index-insurance has emerged as a widely recognized and powerful innovative tool that can help farmers manage financial losses arising from climate change and natural disasters. The World Bank Group’s Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF), a multi-donor trust fund established in 2009, supports the development and
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Gender Impact of MicroInsurance

Gender Impact of MicroInsurance

Content owner:
Planet Guarantee
Topics:
General
Gender equality is gaining increasing attention as illustrated by the third Millennium Development Goal (MDG number 3): “promote gender equality and empower women”.This goal was set after the realisation that women and men face the same obstacles but have unequal access to resources enabling them to overcome these obstacles: unequal access to resources,education, technology, labour, capital and credit.
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Risk Transfer and Capital Adequacy – Manual 5

Risk Transfer and Capital Adequacy – Manual 5

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General
Agricultural production is inherently subject to a variety of risks because management decisions or states-of-nature often generate future outcomes (either favorable or unfavorable) that cannot be predicted with certainty. The variability of these outcomes represents risk. Some risks are managed through production and fi nancial decision-making, while others are simply accepted as business expenses. In addition, some risks can be managed through a variety of contractual and insurancerelatedproducts. On average, financial activities with low levels of risk are associated with lower potential
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Credit and Insurance - Manual 4

Credit and Insurance - Manual 4

Topics:
General
Product design
Weather index
Agricultural production is inherently subject to a variety of risks because management decisions or states-of-nature often generate future outcomes (either favorable or unfavorable) that cannot be predicted with certainty. The variability of these outcomes represents risk. Risk is frequently measured in terms of the probability of various outcomes. Agricultural producers face a variety of risks including production (yield), output price, and input price risk. Some of these risks are managed through production and fi nancial decision-making, while others are simply accepted as costs of doing
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Data and Information Management - Manual 3

Data and Information Management - Manual 3

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General
Data
Data management
Product design
Weather index
Data and information management refers to the development, collection, use, and preservation of data and the methods needed to acquire, control, protect, deliver, and enhance its value to achieve the goals of agricultural insurance programs. Issues related to the collection, development, updating, and quality of data are often overlooked when developing agricultural insurance programs. However, such programs will likely fail without a concise, well-developed plan for data and information management. Data is needed by those who develop, operate, and manage agricultural insurance programs. In
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Actuarial Basics - Manual 2

Actuarial Basics - Manual 2

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General
Data
Product design
Other
This manual presents theoretical concepts and applied methods commonly used for actuarial processes in agriculture insurance. Actuarial processes refer to the activities that establish insurance premium rates and related quantitative analyses. Key considerations for designing agriculture insurance programs are presented. In addition, the infl uence of program design on data requirements and the use of statistical methods for establishing insurance premiums are illustrated.The presentation presumes that readers have a solid understanding of basic statistics principles. The level of knowledge
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Introduction to Agriculture Insurance and Risk Management – Manual 1

Introduction to Agriculture Insurance and Risk Management – Manual 1

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General
Product design
Weather index
This manual introduces and discusses agricultural insurance and provides tools for the development, management, operation, and maintenance of such programs. Agricultural insurance includes a variety of product types, including property, causality, life, and health insurance. Throughout the manual, the term “agricultural insurance” refers to crop (and in some cases livestock insurance programs.Successful agricultural insurance programs must be thoughtfully constructed before their introduction and tailored to the unique circumstances of individual countries and regions; poorly designed
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