Innovations in Index Insurance for small farmers and family farms

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The main objective of the project is to contribute to the development of competitive insurance markets in order to attend small farmers risk management . This will reduce consume volatility, increase incentives to raise productive investments and increase productivity for small farmers. To achieve this goal the KCP will: (i) identify main constraints to create sustainable markets for climate index insurances toward pilots programs; (ii) design and implement pilots in index insurance for small farmers in Uruguay; (iii) develop a impact evaluation methodology to quantify those mechanisms.