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26
Oct
Year:
2022
Africa is in a highly risky position in terms of climate change. Most production is rainfall dependent. It is estimated that the continent will remain food insecure and lose a significant portion of the GDP by 2030 due to increasingly unpredictable climate events. A possible solution to improve livelihoods is increasing access to finance, climate smart agricultural services, and climate insurance. Climate or agricultural insurance coverage in Africa is quite low and there is need to increase penetration to improve resilience to the effects of climate change. Therefore, issues around risk...
25
Jul
Year:
2022
The agriculture and agro-processing sectors are the mainstay of Madagascar’s economy, accounting for about 24 percent of GDP in 2020. About 80 percent of the country’s population is involved in agriculture. However, due to its geographical location, Madagascar is largely affected by natural disasters, including droughts, cyclones, and floods, which threaten agricultural productivity. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is organizing a workshop to disseminate key results of the Madagascar Agriculture Insurance Diagnostic in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (...
8
Jun
Year:
2022
WBG’s Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF) and the Wageningen University & Research (WuR) will brief participants on a recently completed review of GIIF’s engagement in Kenya, to understand farmers’ knowledge, perception, and utilization of insurance as well as satisfaction of GIIF’s supported activities in the country. The goal is to review lessons learned and to receive guidance towards the implementation of GIIF’s future activities in the country, as well as to have an overall understanding of ways to better develop and improve products and services as part of the Program’s pipeline...
1
Jun
Year:
2022
IFC’s Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF) and the Wageningen University & Research (WuR) will brief participants on a recently completed review of GIIF’s engagement in Zambia, to understand farmers’ knowledge, perception, and utilization of insurance as well as satisfaction of GIIF’s supported activities in the country. The goal is to review the lessons learned and to receive guidance towards the implementation of GIIF’s future activities in the country, as well as to have an overall understanding of ways to better develop and improve products and services as part of the Facility’s...
27
May
Year:
2022
La session de connaissances informera les participants sur une évaluation récemment terminée de l'engagement du GIIF au Sénégal, afin de comprendre les connaissances, la perception et l'utilisation de l'assurance des agriculteurs ainsi que la satisfaction des activités soutenues par le GIIF dans le pays. L'objectif est d'examiner les leçons apprises et de recevoir des conseils pour la mise en œuvre de nos futures activités dans le pays ainsi que d'avoir une compréhension générale des moyens d’améliorer les produits et services dans le cadre de notre pipeline. Le contenu de la session comprend...