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Informing Policy with Agricultural Research-for-Development: Insights from Research on Resilience

Informing Policy with Agricultural Research-for-Development: Insights from Research on Resilience

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Date of publication
December 2022
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ISBN / Resource ID
LP-CG-20-23-4030

• Limited access to credit, e.g., due to a lack of collateral and documented land rights, exposes smallholder farmers to risk and liquidity constraints
• This does not only reduce farmers’ ability to cope with weather shocks but may also prevent them from investing in their farms.
• Insurance to reduce risk and thereby increase access to credit typically falls short: High costs of indemnity-based insurance; Basis risk in weather index-based insurance.
• What if we can overcome information asymmetries at a low cost, using smartphone images?

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Kramer, Berber

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