Innovative Insurance for the Adaptation to Climate Change in Ghana

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Ghana is celebrating its Farmers’ Day with the theme "Agriculture: A Business Response To Economic Growth". The theme focuses on addressing alternative financial and agricultural solutions that will protect farmers from erratic weather conditions. One of the innovative solutions the country has is the project dubbed “Innovative Insurance Products for the Adaptation to Climate Change” (IIPACC), led by the German Development Co-operation (GIZ), in concert with other relevant stakeholders. "The project, which started in December 2009, sought to facilitate the development and introduction of agricultural insurance for farmers in the form of an innovative, demand-oriented and economically-sustainable agricultural insurance product," Ghana's Graphic Online reports. 

 
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