Parallel session 1: Connecting insurance with farmers’ needs
Weather-based insurance has the potential to benefit farmers by assisting them to withstand the effects of climate change. Through the provision of an insurance cover against erratic weather, farmers can be protected against food insecurity and hunger. Pilot projects on insurance have been implemented in different forms by a number of actors in various geographical areas. Some successes have been recorded and lessons have been learnt. In the new effort to scale up weather insurance, it is critical that it responds to the felt needs of farmers and the particular challenges that they face. In efforts to scaling-up weather insurance beyond pilots on limited scale, farmers’ needs must be central to its design and implementation.
The parallel session will focus on connecting insurance to farmers’ needs by (i) identifying the key critical needs of the various groups of farmers, (ii) tease out key lessons learnt from past and on-going insurance, (iii) address gaps in the design and implementation of weather insurance and, (iv) identify specific approaches to promote inclusive weather insurance.
Chair/Moderator: Prof. Nick van de Giesen, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Rapporteur: Dr Olu Ajayi, Senior Programme Coordinator, Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), The Netherlands
About the parallel sessions:
There will be 3 breakout parallel sessions that will provide opportunities to focus discussions around partnerships and pathways for tackling the big challenges surrounding the following themes:
- Connecting insurance with farmers’ needs
- Big data to improve index insurance products
- Connecting insurance to climate-smart technologies and practice
Each of the parallel sessions will be structured as interactive sessions, where both presenters and audiences are given the opportunity to interact, collaboratively explore and have in-depth discussions surrounding the theme of the session.
The interactive session will follow the ‘World Café’ format, which is designed to mimic a café environment to enable a flow of conversation between participants. The session consists of four meeting stations (roundtables) with a designated host on each table. The role of the host will be to introduce the topic of the table and also summarize the discussions taking place. Participants are divided into four subgroups and will rotate round the room, spending approximately 10 minutes at each of the stations. Each group is invited to discuss and write their comments on post-its that they position and organize on the flipcharts provided.
See the event page on the CCAFS website: Scaling up agricultural adaptation through insurance