The results from the first sales period in Mali indicated that those farmers who purchased the insurance were more likely to expand their cotton cultivation, increase use of productive inputs and increase the use of seeds.
This new BASIS research project will test this hypothesis, evaluating the impact of a new seed market actor like WSC on the incomes and well-being of the small-scale farming community.
The fluctuating yields inherent to rain-fed agriculture may discourage investment in risky but profitable crops, even when farmers have ample access to agricultural loans.
The Borana plateau in southern Ethiopia is a vast arid and semi-arid pastoralist territory. Livestock in this area comprise the majority of household’s non-human capital and are responsible for more than two-thirds of their average income.
Pastoralist households in the arid and semi-arid areas of northern Kenya are especially vulnerable to the risk posed by climate change. This risk-reduction strategy has the effect of keeping households poorer than they need to be.
At a fundamental level, this BASIS project will be able to show the impact that subsidizing fertilizer has on yields, and subsequently household expenditures and general wellbeing.
With appropriate caution given to the findings on household living standards, it is fair to say that the program succeeded for many, but not all targeted households.
Si bien es cierto que si el programa no afectó de manera uniforme a todos los participantes eso no significa que el programa haya fracasado, es importante entender para quién y para cuántas familias el programa realmente logró aumentar los niveles de vida y combatir la pobreza.
By exploiting the capacity of a public reinsurance facility to operate in an uncertainty-neutral way, this brief argues that the promised impact of agricultural insurance can best and most cost-effectively be achieved by a novel public-private reinsurance partnership.