Dual Strike Point Index Insurance Contracts for Cotton Farmers in West Africa
The BASIS I4 research team, led by researchers at the University of California Davis and the University de Namur, designed an innovative multi-scale insurance index that […]
- Start Date: 2010
- End Date: 2014/09/30
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: University of California - Davis
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Innovation, Markets
CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)
Database: Project
Group Insurance: The Case of Cotton Producers in Mali
The aim of this project is to insure Malian cotton producers. The vast majority of cotton producers in Mali are small farmers for whom cotton represents […]
- Start Date: 2010
- End Date: 2013/06/30
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Duke University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets
CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)
Database: Project
Index-based Weather Insurance for Coffee Cooperatives in Guatemala
Risk reduction remains a major challenge in increasing productivity and enhancing livelihoods among smallholders in developing countries. Index-based weather insurance offers a new promise for this […]
- Start Date: 2010
- End Date: 2014/09/30
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: University of California - Berkeley
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Markets
CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)
Database: Project
Interlinking weather index insurance with credit to alleviate market failures and improve agricultural productivity in rural Ethiopia
Smallholder farmers are beset by an interlocking set of market failures. Credit, insurance, and therefore the very use of costly inputs such as fertilizer can remain […]
- Start Date: 2010
- End Date: 2013/09/30
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: University of California - San Diego
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Innovation, Markets
CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)
Database: Project
Index-Based Livestock Insurance: Adaptation and Innovations for Ethiopia
The Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) Ethiopia pilot project builds on lessons learned from a highly innovative pilot venture underway in northern Kenya, adapting that pilot to […]
- Start Date: 2010
- End Date: 2014/09/30
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Cornell University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Innovation, Markets
CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)
Database: Project
Savings, Subsidies and Sustainable Food Security: A Field Experiment in Mozambique
Several sub-Saharan African countries have implemented large-scale fertilizer subsidy programs in an attempt to boost the productivity and food security of small farmers. With the recent […]
- Start Date: September 2009
- End Date: April 2012
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: University of Michigan
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security, Markets
CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)
Database: Project
A Productive Safety Net for Northern Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Lands: HSNP+ Program
The Hunger Safety Net Program (HSNP) launched in Northern Kenya provides reliable cash transfers to poor households. Given the considerable risk faced by households in the […]
- Start Date: 2008/11/01
- End Date: 2011/12/31
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: Cornell University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets
CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)
Database: Project
Contracting Out of Poverty in Peru: Some Experimental Approaches
The research aims to help in the design of new institutional mechanisms that will favor the inclusion of smallholders and link them to dynamic markets through […]
- Start Date: 2008
- End Date: 2011
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: University of California - Berkeley
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Markets
CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)
Database: Project
Area Based Yield Insurance for Peruvian Coastal Agriculture
This project tested an area-based yield (ARBY) insurance scheme for small and medium sized producers in selected valleys of the Peruvian coast.
- Start Date: 2007/11/01
- End Date: 2009/03/01
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Food Security, Markets
CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)
Database: Project
Enhancing Smallholder Competitiveness in the Face of Globalization
This project studied how fair trade, linking of insurance to credit, credit bureaus, and microfinance lending increases the competitiveness of the smallholder sector.
- Start Date: 2007/10/01
- End Date: 2011/06/01
- Project Code: Not Available
- Lead University: University of California - Berkeley
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Markets
CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)
Database: Project
