This report presents an assessment of Zimbabwe's agriculture sector disaster risk and management capacity. The findings … indicate that Zimbabwe is highly exposed to agricultural risks and has limited capacity to manage risk at various levels. The … disasters occur, the economy absorbs the shocks, without benefiting from any instruments that transfer the risk to markets and …

The objective of this paper is to develop an approach for integrating a gender dimension into Agricultural Sector Risk … Assessments (ASRAs). The focus is on the approach because both agricultural risk and gender issues are contextual, thus the … outcomes of a gender-based risk assessment are highly dependent on the social, cultural, geo-graphic, and economic contexts of …

based on the authors' experience of piloting the concept. The hybrid product was created to address the higher basis risk of … (rainfall-based) index insurance product, thereby reducing the basis risk faced by farmers. The paper also shares some of the …

The ability to manage financial risk is especially important for people earning their living through agriculture. Many … inclusion-access to and use of formal financial services. This paper explores the topic of financial risk management in … risk and use financial services. The paper summarizes new data based on a nationally representative survey of about 15 …

risk. At the same time, land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF), and agriculture sector account for approximately …