Projects
Ongoing Pilot Projects
- Area Based Yield Insurance for Peruvian Coastal Agriculture
- A Productive Safety Net for Northern Kenya's Arid and Semi-Arid Lands: HSNP+ Program
- Optimal Design of Index Insurance Contracts
Pilot Projects Selected October 2010
- Index-Based Livestock Insurance: Adaptation and Innovations for Ethiopia by Christopher Barrett (Cornell University) et al.
This project pilots a satellite-based index for insuring livestock for pastoralists in Ethiopia. - Insuring against the weather: Integrating generic weather index products with group-based savings and loans by Carlos Martins-Filho (University of Colorado), et al.
This project pilots flood insurance in Bangladesh as well as drought and frost insurance in Ethiopia. - Index-based weather insurance for coffee cooperatives in Guatemala by Elisabeth Sadoulet (University of California, Berkeley), et al.
This project pilots weather-based index insurance for small coffee producers in Guatemala. - Interlinking weather index insurance with credit to alleviate market failures and improve agricultural productivity in rural Ethiopia by Craig McIntosh (University of California, San Diego), et al.
This project pilots a rainfall-based index mapped to agro-ecological zones for crops in Ethiopia. - Group Insurance: The Case of Cotton Producers in Mali by Marc Bellemare (Duke University), et al.
This project pilots an area-based yield index for cotton farmers in Mali.
