India seem to moving ahead as one of the most advanced regions of the world implementing crop weather insurance schemes. For a long time now there have been index based weather insurance schemes available to rural farmers through microfinance schemes, these schemes work well (most of the time), but assessing claims is proving difficult due […]
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Here’s an interesting video interview with Eric Seuret of a technology company called 3S Mobile. As you might guess they provide mobile software and mobile internet related services. They are providing the technology behind an interesting use of SMS (text messaging) to enable Kenyan small holder farmers to gain access to micro-finance weather insurance protection. […]
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture Risk Management Agency is piloting two new index-based insurance products aimed at the apiculture industry (that’s beekeeping to you and me). The new insurance program uses either a rainfall or vegetation index, depending on the location of the coverage. Whether beekeepers get a payment depends on the amount of rainfall […]
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