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David Spielman

David Spielman is the director of IFPRI’s Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit and has been with the institute since 2004. His research agenda covers a range of topics including agriculture and rural development policy; agricultural science, technology, and innovation; plant genetic resources and seed systems; agricultural extension and advisory services; and community-driven rural development.

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Challenges, solutions in selling agri insurance (Star Kenya)

December 08, 2020


Star Kenya published an article stating that agriculture insurance comes with its own challenges, such as basic risks. The use of the weather index helps in addressing this. Village champions are provided with smartphones in which is installed an app called Seeitgrow. This is a new model and is being implemented by ACRE-Africa in partnership with Kalro, Wageningen University, and IFPRI. 

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