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Integrating Seasonal Forecasts and Insurance for Adaptation among Subsistence Farmers : The Case of Malawi

Climate variability poses a severe threat to subsistence farmers in southern Africa. Two different approaches have emerged in recent years to address these threats: the use of seasonal precipitation forecasts for risk reduction (for example, choosi...

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Main Authors:	Osgood, Daniel E., Suarez, Pablo, Hansen, James, Carriquiry, Miguel, Mishra, Ashok
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ANNUAL INFLATION RATE ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION BANK LOANS BANKS BENEFICIARIES CHRONIC FOOD INSECURITY CHRONIC MALNUTRITION CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE FLUCTUATIONS CLIMATIC CHANGE COLLATERAL COMMODITY COMMODITY RISK MANAGEMENT CONTRACT DESIGN CREDIT CONSTRAINTS CREDIT WORTHINESS CROP INSURANCE CROP LOSS CROP PRODUCTION CROP YIELD CUSTOMER BASE CYCLE OF POVERTY DAMAGES DERIVATIVE DERIVATIVE MARKETS DERIVATIVES MARKET DERIVATIVES MARKETS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISASTER DISASTER AID DISASTER RISK DISASTERS DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS DROUGHT DROUGHT RISK DROUGHTS EARTHQUAKES EASTERN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC ENSO EXCHANGE RATE EXPORTER FARMER FARMERS FARMLAND FINANCES FINANCIAL EXPOSURE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL RISK FLOODS FOOD AID FOOD INSECURITY FOOD SECURITY GLOBAL CLIMATE SYSTEM GROSS MARGINS GROSS REVENUES HOLDING HOLDINGS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HURRICANES INCOME INDEMNITY INDIVIDUAL LOANS INFLATION INFLATION RATE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSURANCE INSURANCE COMPANY INSURANCE CONTRACT INSURANCE CONTRACTS INSURANCE MARKETS INSURANCE PREMIUM INSURANCE PREMIUMS INSURANCE SCHEME INSURANCE SCHEMES INSURER INSURERS INTEREST RATE INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION INVESTING LABOR COSTS LENDERS LENDING PORTFOLIO LIABILITY LIFE EXPECTANCY LOAN LOAN SIZE MARKET MECHANISMS MATHEMATICS MICRO-INSURANCE MICROCREDIT MICROFINANCE MORAL HAZARD NATURAL HAZARDS PANDEMIC POLICY RESPONSES POOR POOR PEOPLE POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE PREDICTABILITY PREMIUM PAYMENT PROBABILITY REINSURANCE REPAYMENT RISK ANALYSIS RISK MANAGEMENT RISK OF DEFAULT RISK REDUCTION RISK SHARING RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL BANKS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL FARMERS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SAFETY SAFETY NETS SALE SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE SMALLHOLDER FARMERS SOCIAL SAFETY NETS STAKEHOLDER STAKEHOLDERS STATE UNIVERSITY STOCKS SUBSISTENCE FARMERS SYSTEMIC RISK TAX TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TRUST FUND URBAN DEVELOPMENT VALUATION VARIABLE COSTS WEATHER DERIVATIVE WEATHER DERIVATIVES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/9577543/integrating-seasonal-forecasts-insurance-adaptation-among-subsistence-farmers-case-malawi http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6873

Integrating Seasonal Forecasts and Insurance for Adaptation among Subsistence Farmers : The Case of Malawi

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