Comparative Assessment of Weather Index Insurance Strategies Review

Content Type: 
Partner Collections Content
Author or Institution as Author: 
Vuna
Date of publication: 
May, 2016
Edition or Version: 
1.00
Institution: 
Vuna
Language: 
Gender marker: 
Youth marker: 
Description/Abstract: 

This Literature Review is the rst step towards a comparative assessment of Weather Index Insurance (WII) in the agricultural sector in East and Southern Africa. The second step involves visits to four countries (Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and Zambia) covered by the Climate Smart Agriculture Programme (Vuna) funded by DFID, which have weather index insurance programmes. The visits will allow collection of information on the recent performance of those programs and obtain the perceptions of key stakeholders on lessons learned, constraints, sustainability, and potential of those insurance programmes to address issues related to strengthening the resilience of agricultural systems to weather risk. The ndings from both stages will be summarised in an Evidence and Learning Report focussing on the determinants of success or failure of the programmes under implementation.

This paper summarizes the main ndings of the global experience on the implementation of WII specically the lessons learned on the mechanics of the index, pro tability, bundling, impacts, and potential role in climate change adaptation. It also discusses the challenges of current pilot projects in East and Southern Africa, wherever secondary information is available.

Keywords: 
Weather Index Insurance
Contact name (for further information): 
Vuna Africa
Contact email (for further information): 
Contact phone (for further information): 
+27 12 342 3819
Contact institution (for further information): 
Vuna Africa
Citation: 

rce, Carlos. 2016. Comparative Assessment of Selected Agricultural Weather Index Insurance Strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa. Vuna Research Report. Pretoria: Vuna. Online: http://www.vuna-africa.com

CCARDESA Category: 

File Download Questionnaire

x

This mini-questionnaire helps us understand how people are accessing and using information products provided by the SAAIKS Knowledge Hub. Please fill in all the fields.

International Cooperating Partners

Partners

Get Connected With CCARDESA