WFP Nicaragua – Insurance and Social Protection: A Key Tool to Increase Resilience and Food Security in Nicaragua
WFP Nicaragua implemented a risk-layered insurance approach through the R4 Rural Resilience Initiative and sovereign CCRIF coverage.
Topics
Climate and disaster risk
Agriculture and agricultural insurance
Inclusive insurance & financial inclusion
Microinsurance
Climate resilience
Social protection
Nicaragua
World Food Programme (WFP)
InsuResilience
Products
Agriculture
Parametric / index-based
Multi-risk / bundled
Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
Country
Nicaragua
Contributors
Author: Leticia Gonçalves
Author: Eliseo Arauz
Author: Anna Machado
Author: Sabrina Quezada
Contributor: UN World Food Programme (WFP)
Contributor: Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF)
Contributor: Government of Nicaragua
Contributor: INISER (microinsurance)
Contributor: Farmers' associations and cooperatives
Contributor: European Union and Government of Canada
Contributor: Ministry of Finance (macroinsurance)
Contributor: InsuResilience Global partnership
Date Issued
2023
Language
English
Form
Case study