Jan 28, 2015
Climate-linked insurance could help poor farmers offset crop failure risk | Al Jazeera America
New study points to successes of large-scale insurance schemes in countries hard hit by weather variability
CGIAR Climate's insight:
A report released Monday by the International Center for Climate and Society (IRI) at Columbia University and the Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers (CGIAR), charts the impact that index insurance — which differs from traditional indemnity coverage in that it is based on factors such as rainfall, rather than actual measured loss — is having on smallholder farmers.