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Customized Insurance for Farmers in Bangladesh
Rice field in Bangladesh; Source: flickr (IFPRI Images) Farmers in rural Bangladesh have limited ability to cope with risks such as flood, drought, injury, or illness. A recent IFPRI discussion paper...
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Bangladesh: Building an Index Insurance Community
Source: Flickr (CARE EDU) The following is an excerpted version of a story originally published on the CGIAR- CCAFS website. “But why do you want to buy index insurance?” asked the International Food...
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Building Capacity under CSA
Farmer in Haryana. Credits: Divya Pandey/ IFPRI Agriculture is highly vulnerable to even short term weather change, therefore even a small shift in climate poses direct threat to farmers, who not only...
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Risk-Management Increases Resilience in the Face of Drought
Cross-posted from the FSP India website written by Jaspreet Aulakh Nalanda District, Bihar Source (Flickr): Divya Pandey, IFPRI Shocks of any form can be have a more pronounced effect in the developing...
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Who Wants To Quit Agriculture And Why?
Farmer in Nalanda District, Bihar. Source: Divya Pandey, IFPRI Agriculture the backbone of Indian economy that engages more than 50 percent of the country’s workforce, is losing its preference as the...
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How microfinance has reduced rural poverty in Bangladesh
Cross-posted from the ifpri.org website written by Sara Gustafson and Shahidur Khandker A woman at a market in Bangladesh. A new book shows that the growth of microfinance institutions over two decades...
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Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana: Exploring Opportunities to make Agriculture...
Participants at the conference This blog was first posted on the India Food Security Portal’ Agriculture is undoubtedly risky, and the risk of a bad year discourages farmers from investing in...
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