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DeRisking coffee in Vietnam: Piloting a Coffee Climate Protection Insurance scheme to enhance the capacity of smallholders and agribusinesses in coping with climate variability and change

Vietnam's Central Highlands – the world's largest Robusta coffee region – remains one of the country's poorest areas and is highly vulnerable to climate shocks. To build farmers' resilience, a Coffee Climate Protection Insurance (CCPI) pilot is providing smallholder coffee farmers with index-based insurance against drought, excessive rainfall, and extreme temperature, coupled with climate-informed agro-advisory services.

Empowering Women Smallholder Farmers through Digital Microinsurance

Photo essay by ADFI and Pula showing gender-inclusive insurance design using mobile platforms and bundled climate microinsurance products across Kenya, Nigeria, and Zambia.

Global Parametrics & One Acre Fund Provide Weather Protection for Tanzanian Farmers

One Acre Fund, a nonprofit that supports smallholder farmers, partnered with Global Parametrics to pioneer a new Water Balance Index protecting 70,000 farmers in Tanzania from drought and excessive rainfall. This index-based weather insurance enables fast, affordable payouts, strengthening farmers' resilience to a volatile climate.

MiCRO / SBS / Bancamía – Boosting Resilience for Microentrepreneurs

In 2019, MiCRO and SBS Seguros, in partnership with Bancamía, launched "My Protected Investment", a microinsurance product for SMEs that combines index-based and traditional coverage. Three years after Colombia's first parametric insurance launch, the initiative had already reached almost 120,000 low-income beneficiaries, providing protection against hazards such as excess rain, drought, and earthquakes, while expanding access to underserved urban and rural clients.

Nepal: Introducing index-based insurance for flood-prone communities

Practical Action developed a flood index insurance for Western Nepal smallholder farmers. Features bundled services, cooperative-based sales, and payouts for crop loss after severe floods.

Social Finance Brief: MiCRO - The Microinsurance Catastrophe Risk Organization

Social Finance Brief on MiCRO, focusing on their approach to agricultural insurance in Latin America. Highlights innovative financial solutions tailored to vulnerable farming populations, operational strategies, and key implementation insights drawn from regional experience.

Social Finance Brief: Pacífico Seguros

Social Finance Brief on Pacífico Seguros in Peru, outlining their experience in delivering non-life (property) insurance solutions. The brief explores product innovation, operational models, and lessons learned through collaboration with ILO Impact Insurance and MiM, focused on strengthening financial resilience through non-agricultural property coverage.