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Uncovered risk can stifle economic growth but recent innovations demonstrate there are cost effective ways to transfer risk from agricultural markets. Strategic risk layering, namely catastrophe protection provided by the public sector layered with private low-‐cost livelihood insurance for individuals, would promote agricultural growth, protect assets, deepen rural financial markets and establish financially sound disaster response and social protection mechanisms for governments.
To discuss risk transfer innovations and their applications to the Pan-‐Andean region, the I4 Index Insurance Innovation Initiative hosted a convening on the synergies between the public and private sectors for agricultural insurance. The meeting elucidated potential roles for public and private actors in risk management and agricultural information systems.
Participants offered unique perspectives from the policy, regulatory, financial services and research communities. Representation encompassed the Pan-Andean region, including Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Bolivia.
Presentations:
Session 1: Social Protection against Catastrophic Risk through Agricultural Insurance
Chair: Carolina Trivelli, lnstituto de Estudios Peruanos
- Sistemas de Información y el desarrollo de los seguros
Victor Celaya del Toro, Secretaria de Agricultura, Ganaderia, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentacion, Mexico - Proyecto para Pequeños y Medianos Productores y Pescadores Artesanales del Ecuador
Diego Velastegui, Unidad de Segura Agrfcola, Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganaderfa, Acuacultura y Pesca, Ecuador - Protección social contra riesgos por catástrofes a través del seguro agrario
Marco Vinelli, Fonda de Garantfa para el Campoy Segura Agrario de Peru, Peru - Seguro Agropecuario en Colombia
Ivan Dario Arroyave, Ministra Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural, Colombia
Session 2: Livelihood Protection for Small Farmers though Agricultural Insurance Markets
Chair: Stephen Boucher, University of California- Davis
- Desarrollo, Experiencia y Perspectivas de Futuro del Seguro Agrícola en el Ecuador
Esteban Pico, Colonial Seguros, Ecuador - Gustavo Cerdefia, La Positiva Seguros, Peru
- Proyecto de Microseguro Combinado "Vida Agricola"
Gabriela Caro, Fundación Profin, Bolivia
Session 3: Convergence of Catastrophic and Individual Insurance Efforts: Ecuador and Peru
Chair: María José Castillo, Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral
- Colaboracion entre los sectores publico y privado para el manejo del riesgo agricola: Un ejemplo de Ecuador
Stephen Boucher, University of California-Davis
Session 4: Information Systems for Livelihood Insurance and Social Protection
Chair: Daniel Hammer, Partner Re
- The Public-Private Agricultural Insurance Interface in the United States: Implications for Information Systems and Information Flows
Vince Smith, Montana State University - José Manuel Terrazas, AGROASEMEX
Session 5: Looking Forward: The Prospects for Agricultural Insurance
Chair: Michael Carter, University of California- Davis
- Allianza: Publico-Privado para el Seguro Agricola
David Hatch, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA) - Seguro Agricola: To Be or Not to Be
Daniel Hammer, Partner Re - Carolina Trivelli, Instituto de Estudios Peruanos
- Stephen Boucher, University of California- Davis