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According to the UN, there are some 500 million smallholder farmers in the world. In Africa around 80% of farmers operate on a very small scale, however...
The World Bank has stepped up its spending in Africa, helping to build resilience in rural communities across the continent. Its board has approved a $25 million...
Nigeria’s National Insurance Commission has granted approval to Casava Microinsurance to operate as a state composite microinsurer...
After a poor cashew harvest, Guinea-Bissau is hoping to use private sector developments to drive improved governance and an overall better economic performance...
Africa’s leaders should honour their commitment to allocate 10% of their budgets to agriculture if the continent is to improve food security, reduce poverty and...
African governments must work together on macroeconomic and fiscal policies to drive Africa’s agricultural sector. Speaking at the Africa Green Revolution Forum in Kigali, Vera Songwe...
The Nigerian regulator has given Linkage Assurance approval to underwrite agricultural insurance. The ‘no objection’ nod from the National Insurance Commission will enable...
The heatwaves, droughts and forest fires currently affecting swathes of Europe will cost the agriculture sector billions of dollars with entire harvests lost in some cases, Munich Re warns...
Parametric or index-based insurance can play a significant role in closing the insurance protection gap – the gap between insured and uninsured losses – and fostering global resilience...
Somalia’s livestock and crop subsectors have been buffeted by a series of climate shocks, threatening the sector’s sustainability, according to the World Bank...
