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.
Temas
Agriculture and agricultural insurance
Parametric and index-based insurance
Climate and disaster risk
Index Insurance
smallholder farmers
Climate Risk
Tanzania
Asunto (Producto)
Agriculture
Parametric / index-based
MSME
Región
Africa
Country
Tanzania
Colaboradores
Author: Zoë Scott
Author: David Bierenbaum
Author: Johannes Borchert
Contributor: Global Parametrics
Contributor: One Acre Fund
Contributor: Natural Disaster Fund
Contributor: InsuResilience Global partnership
Fecha de emisión
2021
Language
English
Form
Case study