Insights from field visits to districts in northern Bangladesh that could help better understand the agricultural microinsurance context in the region.
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Agricultural Microinsurance: Opportunities and Challenges
IFPRI organized the stakeholder consultation on agricultural microinsurance to discuss the existing implementational issues in the crop and the livestock insurance sector.
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Event Blog: Agricultural Microinsurance: Opportunities and Challenges
By M. Mehrab Bakhtiar, Md. Aminul Karim , Raisa Shamma, and Julie Ghostlaw Introduction In Bangladesh, limited access to formal financial services such as agricultural microinsurance prevents smallholder farmers from investing in productive assets, ado... Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
Blog: Supply- and demand-side barriers to reach uninsured farmers: Field-level insights on agricultural microinsurance in Bangladesh
By M. Mehrab Bakhtiar, Md. Aminul Karim, Raisa Shamma, Md. Redoy, and Julie Ghostlaw Introduction In Bangladesh, farmers are highly vulnerable to various types of shocks. Access to agricultural finance is critical for mitigating the impact of shocks on... Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
Research Talks with IFPRI – Episode 7: The Road to Financial Inclusion in Kenya
Episode 7 of the IFPRI podcast tells the story of Risk Contingent Credit (RCC), a financial inclusion product that allows farmers to get loans for supplies, and uses insurance to reduce risks for banks. Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
