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020			_a978-92-79-27783-2
024	8		_ahttps://doi.org/10.2788/713
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245	0	0	_aThe challenges of index-based insurance for food security in developing countries : _bProceedings of a technical workshop organised by the EC Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI, Earth Institute, Columbia University), JRC Ispra, Italy, 2 and 3 May 2012
260			_aLuxemburg (Austria) : _bPublications Office of the European Union, _c2013.
300			_a276 pages
520			_aIn the wake of the Sahelian droughts and the resulting food insecurity crises of the 1970s and mid-1980s, the international community and national governments alike have focused on early warning systems as a mechanism to prevent famines and avert acute malnutrition. Thirty years later, food insecurity still prevails in many areas of the globe, amidst rapidly evolving geopolitics. A different and innovative way to tackle the problem of the fluctuating food availability attracted the attention of development agencies and governments in developing countries some 15 years ago: index-based crop insurance. Many pilot projects have experimented about every possible insurance design under diverse conditions, involving farmers, cooperatives, micro-credit institutions, governments, commercial banks, insurance and reinsurance companies. However, the indices, which play a pivotal role in the insurance schemes, also constitute one of their main weaknesses. Very little crop modelling and forecasting knowledge is put to use in index design, and only occasionally do remote sensing data and advanced statistical methods play a part. This volume explores the overall picture of index-based insurance, from index design to its socio-economic environment, identifying at each stage current challenges to scaling from pilot project to real world implementation. The collection of short papers in this publication is the outcome of the workshop ?The challenges of index-based insurance for food security in developing countries?, jointly organised by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission and the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), Earth Institute, Columbia University
546			_aText in English
595			_aGBC
650		7	_aAgricultural insurance _2AGROVOC _96255
650		7	_aCrop losses _2AGROVOC _91060
650		7	_aDeveloping countries _2AGROVOC _93229
650		7	_aDrought _2AGROVOC _91080
650		7	_aFood policies _2AGROVOC _91115
650		7	_aFood resources _2AGROVOC _910872
650		7	_aFood shortages _2AGROVOC _910873
650		7	_910874 _aHunger _gAGROVOC
650		7	_aMalnutrition _2AGROVOC _96463
700	1		_aGommes, R. _eeditor _910875
700	1		_aKayitakire, F. _eeditor _910876
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