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The scheme, piloted in the states of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh in rabi of 2007, has, for the first time in the country, given farmers a cover against crop losses from adverse weather conditions.

CGIAR Climate's insight:
"Weather based insurance provides risk management tools for farmers to deal with climate change adaptation initiative," Pramod Aggarwal, regional programme leader, Research Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) platform, said. CCAFS has been, in collaboration with AICI, promoting the weather-based insurance among farmers.
So far, only about 30 million farmers out of 120 million have been covered under the National Crop Insurance