The A+FS network and the E+I network have commonly organized an afternoon session on Agriculture Micro Insurance (May2012). Several projects and initiatives that SDC is financing were presented.
Some projects can already present experiences in the phase of product sale and institutional consolidation:
Bolivia - PROFIN
SDC Case Study PROFIN promoting Agricultural Microinsurance in Bolivia; Video (French)
Fact Sheet - Website of the project
Haiti - Fonkoze's "Kore W" Natural Catastrophe Insurance for Haitian Micro-Enterpreneurs
First Year Evaluation - Website of the Project
Mongolia - Index Based Livestock Insurance Project
ppt-Presentation from Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change, 2010
Fact Sheet - Website of the project
South East Asia - RIICE (Remote sensing-based Information and Insurance for Crops in Emerging economies)
Fact Sheet (RIICE) - Website of the project
These projects are in a first stage of insurance product design:
India - Climate Resilience through Risk Transfer using Microinsurance Solutions (RES-RISK)
(more information will follow)
Climate Resilience through Risk Transfer using Microinsurance Solutions (RES-RISK)
Central America - Catastrophic Microninsurance in Central America
(more information will follow)
Fact Sheet
Southern Africa - Weather-Index-Based Crop Insurance
(more information will follow)
