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Innovations in insuring the poor: Experience with weather index-based insurance in India and Malawi
Index-based insurance is an innovative financial product that has been introduced in recent years in countries as diverse as India, Malawi, Mongolia, and Thailand.
According to the authors, Cassava serves as a staple food for 200 million Africans, second only to maize in its calorie contribution.
"On December 1-3, 2003, the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), Capacity Building International, Germany (InWent), the Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), and the International Food Policy Research Institut
African farmers and agricultural policymakers have achieved a series of significant successes in agricultural development, although these successes are still inadequate in number and scale to counter Sub-Saharan Africa's daunting demographic chall