historical weather data to design and validate solutions using technologies such as remote sensing. Therefore, many projects are … build using farmer's reported perceptions and recollections of major climate risk events (such as drought). Although farmer … farmer reporting data has any information about actual drought events and 2) Is there evidence that it is valuable to …

managers and development professionals, who are not insurance sector specialists, to weather index insurance. Ultimately, the … paper seeks to take the reader through the main decision points that would lead to a decision to embark upon a weather index …

assistance to agriculture in Africa has a twofold purpose. First, it is a pilot for the proposed IEG study on Bank …-wide assistance in agriculture scheduled for fiscal year 2009. Second, the review provides timely insight into specific issues … relevant to the Bank's renewed focus on agriculture in Africa, especially as expressed in the Africa Action Plan. The central …

's development is the underperformance of the critical agriculture sector, which has been neglected both by donors and governments … over the past two decades. The sector faces a variety of constraints that are particular to agriculture in Africa and make … Desenvolvimento (COED) -- Evaluation Snapshot in Selected Languages -- 1 Introduction -- The Role of Agriculture in Africa -- Study …