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Flood insurance helps to make farmers in Bangladesh and India more resilient to climate shocks
| Content Provider | Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | Bangladesh;India [BD;IN] |
| Description | During 2020, IWMI worked with private-sector partners and NGOs to trial satellite-based weather insurance products to poor farmers in India and Bangladesh. As a result, more than 4,000smallholders received insurance payouts that helped them recover quickly from damaging floods. When the insurance was bundled with seeds and weather information, farmers’ resilience to climate shocks was further enhanced. IWMI is now working to scale up the use of satellite-based weather insurance in India and Bangladesh, and introduce it to new areas |
| Sponsorship | CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security |
| Related Links | https://cgspace.cgiar.org/items/15746a49-a95a-45c4-8553-5cdc282339ea |
| File Format | |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2020-12-31 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Farmers Climate Resilience Seeds Insurance Information Weather Bangladesh Products Scale Satellite Case Studies Agrifood Systems Rural Development |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Case study |
| Subject | Agronomy and Crop Science Food Science Plant Science |