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Remote Sensing for Index Insurance: Findings and Lessons Learned for Smallholder Agriculture

Content owner: 
International Fund of Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Author: 
Coleman, E., Dick, W., Gilliams, S., Piccard, I., Rispoli, F., & Stoppa, A
Language: 
English
Limited availability, accessibility, quantity and poor quality of data on the ground are some of the primary technical constraints preventing scale-up and sustainability of index insurance. Data were the focus of the project “Improving Agricultural Risk Management in Sub-Saharan Africa: Remote Sensing for Index Insurance”. This publication details the project, which investigated overcoming issues with ground data by testing innovative remote sensing methodologies. It describes the different remote sensing options and opportunities available for index insurance, but it also recommends further...
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After Low Rainfall, African Smallholder Farmers Get Payouts of US$1.5 Milllion

Wed, 05/16/2018
Country: 
Ethiopia
Kenya
Malawi
Senegal
Zambia
Poor rainfall in parts of Africa has triggered the largest insurance payout to date for smallholder farmers under the R4 Rural Resilience Initiative (R4), a program launched by the World Food Programme (WFP) and Oxfam America in 2011. African farmers will receive insurance payments totaling US$1.5 million to compensate for weather-related crop losses in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Senegal, and Zambia, Reliefweb reports , according to a WFP press release.
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Assurance agricole basée sur un indice climatique au Sénégal

Assurance agricole basée sur un indice climatique au Sénégal / Weather Index Insurance in Senegal (French)

Content owner: 
Global Index Insurance Facility
Topics: 
Weather index
The video discusses the development of weather index insurance in Senegal, including GIIF's and stakeholders' actions and involvement with index insurance in the country since its onset in 2009. The video is in French.
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French-speaking Workshop on Index Insurance in Senegal

Author: 
Pavis Devahasadin
Language: 
English
In December 2017, 27 participants from various African Francophone nations attended a regional workshop held in Saly, Senegal, to learn about index insurance fundamentals and risk transfer process as well as to discuss and apply the use of agro-climactic data to the design of index insurance products. The five-day workshop entitled, “Fundamentals of Named Peril Index Insurance Risk Transfer Process,” was sponsored by the Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF), as part of its capacity-building activities intended to stimulate the development and enhancement of index insurance products in...
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Weather Index Insurance in Senegal

Language: 
English/French
Topics: 
Weather index
A new brochure detailing GIIF's involvement with the development of weather index insurance in Senegal is now available for digital viewing. The document contains an overview of GIIF's and stakeholders' actions and tracks the progress of index insurance in the country since its onset in 2009.
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Result Stories: Senegal

Content owner: 
Global Index Insurance Facility
Author: 
Pavis Devahasadin and Carole Sagbo
Language: 
English, French
Topics: 
Data
Product design
Mr. Ndianko Sakho, a Senegalese millet producer, speaks about his experience with agricultural index-based insurance in a new GIIF Result Stories. "In the past, farmers had no climate risk management tool. Today with the introduction of agricultural insurance, I can say that some of our concerns are taken into account. The real challenge right now is to set up a national network of coverage in order to allow all Senegalese farmers to have access to agricultural index micro insurance," says Mr. Sakho. The Result Stories is part of a new bilingual series produced in 2017 to capture farmers'...
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Africa Re Supports Agricultural Insurance Project in Senegal

Wed, 01/25/2017
Topics: 
Micro-level
Country: 
Senegal
Compagnie Nationale d’Assurance Agricole du Sénégal (CNAAS) has selected Africa Re, the most prominent African Reinsurer, to lead the reinsurance program of 40,000 cotton and maize farmers in Senegal, jointly with AXA CS and CICA Re, according to a press release issued by Africa Re . The news indicates a positive development in the agriculture sector in Senegal, which accounts for 35% of annual GDP, as the country is facing several climate-related risks including drought and floods, undermining food production and jeopardizing food security. The development of index insurance in Senegal can...
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GIIF Country Profile: Senegal

Content owner: 
Global Index Insurance Facility
Author: 
Pavis Devahasadin and Carole Sagbo
Language: 
English and French
A newly designed Global Index Insurance Facility's Country Profile for Senegal is available for digital viewing . The document contains an overview of GIIF's project in Senegal and partner, PlaNet Guarantee. Also available in French . Read more about this program.
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After a Poor Harvest in Senegal, farmers Find Creative Ways to Carry On

Tue, 01/03/2017
Country: 
Senegal
In an article entitled "After a Poor Harvest in Senegal, farmers Find Creative Ways to Carry On", Oxfam wrote that Senegalese farmers use index insurance to protect their livelihoods from a bad harverst due to poor rainfall. " Farmers can pay the premium with cash, or through a work-for-insurance program designed to help build community infrastructure like rock walls in areas prone to flooding and severe erosion, or small dikes to store water for more gradual use," reads the article. In Senegal, index insurance is provided through the Oxfam and the World Food Programme’s R4 initiative. Click...
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Experiences in index-based insurance for farmers: lessons learnt from Senegal and Bangladesh

Content owner: 
Proparco's Private Sector & Development
Author: 
Chloe Dugger and Rachel Sberro
Language: 
English
Topics: 
Weather index
Product distribution
Micro-level
Meso-level
In Proparco's Private Sector & Development magazine, Chloe Dugger, Operations Officer in WBG's Finance and Markets Global Practice, and Rachel Sberro, Research Analyst on agriculture finance, write about WBG's Global Index Insurance Facility's experiences with index-based insurance in Senegal and Bangladesh. Their article focuses on micro- and meso-level approaches to distributing agricultural index insurance, which speeds up claims settlement by dispensing with loss assessments and payouts are determined on an objective basis, eliminating the risk of fraud. Please visit Proparco's...
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