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The Farmer’s Perspective: Climate Risk and Risk Management in Sri Lanka’s Agriculture Sector

STEP BY STEP GUIDANCE: Gender-lens investing in climate and disaster risk financing and insurance (CDRFI) solutions

The Differential Risk Transfer: a new approach for reducing vulnerability to climate-related hazards
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Economic Cost of Drought and Farmers’ Coping Mechanisms : A Study of Rainfed Rice Systems in Eastern India

The main objective of this paper is to document and assess risk- coping mechanisms of farmers […]

Patterns of Rainfall Insurance Participation in Rural India

This paper describes the contract design and institutional features of an innovative rainfall insurance policy offered […]

Statistical Analysis of Rainfall Insurance Payouts in Southern India

Using 40 years of historical rainfall data, this paper estimates a distribution for payouts on rainfall […]

Risk Management in Agriculture

The management of risks is one of the great challenges for farmers in the 21st century, […]

Agricultural Insurance in Developing Countries: A Way Forward

Overview document of a way forward for FAO with agricultural insurance based on a conference held […]

Weather Risk and the Viability of Weather Insurance in Western China

This paper presents preliminary results on the possible demand for weather insurance in China and examples […]

Index Insurance and Climate Risk: Prospects for Development and Disaster Management

This issue of Climate and Society examines the use of index insurance to help reduce vulnerability […]

Adaptation to Climate Change: Linking Disaster Risk Reduction and Insurance

The paper is an initial attempt to consider the adaptation role of insurance and related risk […]

Agricultural Microinsurance – Global Practices and Prospects

The target audience of this book is all those interestedto know how agricultural insurance plays a […]

Economic Impacts of Integrated Pest Management in Developing Countries: Evidence from the IPM CRSP

Farmers around the world rely on IPM practices in order to increase their yields and reduce […]

Government Support for Agricultural Insurance: Challenges and Options

Based on a comparative review of agricultural insurance programs in 65 countries, the book offers valuable […]

Agricultural Insurance Feasibility Study for Nepal

The report consists of seven chapters, starting with this introduction. Chapter 2 provides a review of […]

Weather Index Insurance for Agriculture

This presentation is an overview of the operations of the Commodity Risk Management Group (CRMG) of […]

A system of drought insurance for poverty alleviation in rural areas – case study Nicaragua

This report provides tools for the development of crop insurance combined with micro finance to help […]

Drought Assessment Using SPI, Remote Sensing and Technology

The Indo-Gangetic Region (IGR), situated in the north of India, occupies nearly 20% of the total […]

Agricultural Markets and Risks – Management of the Latter, Not the Former, Volume 1

The authors review the historical relationship between the work of applied economists, and policymakers, and the […]

Commodities Market Speculation: The Risk to Food Security and Agriculture

Amidst the food price crisis, speculation is a major contributor to extreme price volatility, which is […]

Agricultural Commodities Derivatives Markets in India: Policy issues for growth

This presentation reviews the history and development of derivatives markets in India. The presentation also goes […]

Chapter 6: Risk Management

Because of the nature of raising crops and livestock, farming has its own special types of […]

Ethiopia: Integrated Risk Financing To Protect Livelihoods and Foster Development

This note presents a proposal for reform to the system of emergency relief in Ethiopia by […]