Agricultural households, particularly those operating in rainfed systems in low income countries, are vul nerable to a variety of climate and market risks that pose serious threats...
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A large proportion of farm households in developing countries face a host of market and production risks that undermine their food security, make their income volatile, and make...
WFP is collaborating with a range of public and private sector partners to develop climate risk finance programmes that help governments and vulnerable households to anticipate, absorb and rapidly recover...
Climate change is a risk multiplier – triggering displacement and social tensions, as people compete for scarce resources. In 2021, climate extremes internally displaced 22.3 million...
Market study of financial mechanism for climate risk management in the livestock sector in Guatemala
This document presents the market study results to identify relevant information, characteristics, and conditions of an enabling environment for climate resilience financial services in livestock in the Peten, Izabal, Jalapa...
Farming is an inherently high-risk activity, and farmers’ livelihoods depend on a set of interlinked environmental factors including weather, soil conditions, disease, pests, and more. Unfortunately, globally...
Too often, smallholder farmers suffer severe financial consequences from extreme weather events, pests, and disease; and climate change will increase the frequency at which natural...
The Lab Definitions of Success
Three factors reflect what the Lab defines as essential for financial instruments to overcome barriers and achieve success: Actionability: The instrument has identified...
Successful and sustainable roll-out of agricultural and climate risk insurance schemes for smallholder farmers and their value chains is a complex task involving many stakeholders. Many of the challenges...
Rural women in developing countries play a huge and diverse role in agriculture. Some are smallholders, others are wage labourers or unpaid workers on family farms...