The recent emergence of weather index insurance offers a promising new risk management tool for African smallholder … of agricultural weather index insurance. The greatest challenges remain the construction of weather indices with low …

weather shocks, we find that drought tolerant maize seeds mitigate the impact of mid-season drought. Compared to farms in … both drought tolerant seeds and multi-peril index insurance show greater resilience and immediately bounce back from shocks …

There has been much discussion on climate change and its adverse effects on agriculture, including excessive loss of … food production. In regions such as sub-Saharan Africa, where agriculture is the major source of household livelihoods …, shocks in weather patterns affect farmers' expectations of farm yield and hence the decision to adopt farm inputs such as …

-private partnerships of German Development Cooperation with private foundations and private companies around an agriculture-based supply …-food cash crop, the revenues it generates can boost food security among smallholders via the income channel and can also promote … impact assessment is needed and this must be adapted to the especially complex conditions of African smallholder agriculture. …