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Agriculture Risk Financing in Southern Africa

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-13T16:16:05Z
dc.date.available2020-07-13T16:16:05Z
dc.date.issued2020-06-23
dc.description.abstractThis policy note is provided as an output under the World Bank’s Regional Advisory Service for Southern Africa, ‘Developing a Regional Risk Financing Framework for Agriculture and Food Security’. A key objective of this advisory service is to inform the public sector in Southern Africa on improvements to agriculture and food security risk financing policies and programs. The note is an output under component two of the project, which aims to identify agriculture risk financing policy options. The note aims to take stock of selected key financial risks affecting the agriculture sector in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) region and provide options to build financial resilience. Weather risks, price volatility, and pests and diseases are among the most important shocks affecting agricultural producers in the region, frequently with severe consequences for food security. This note gives (i) an overview of their regional impact in terms of economic and financial cost, as well as effects on food security; (ii) describes the status quo of use of agriculture risk financing instruments by countries in the region; and (iii) derives policy recommendations to further improve financial resilience to agricultural shocks using agriculture risk financing instruments. It should be noted that risk financing instruments are only one part of a comprehensive agriculture risk management approach. Other complementary agriculture risk management mechanisms and approaches, such as the development of commodity exchanges, agriculture trade policy, or warehouse receipt systems, are not the focus of this note.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/929401593062867051/Policy-Note-Agriculture-Risk-Financing-in-Southern-Africa
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/34084
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/34084
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE FINANCE
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SHOCKS
dc.subjectWEATHER RISK
dc.subjectCOMMODITY PRICES
dc.subjectPEST INFESTATION RISK
dc.subjectCROP DISEASE RISK
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL RISK FINANCE
dc.subjectDISASTER RISK FINANCE
dc.subjectSAFETY NETS
dc.subjectSTRATEGIC FOOD RESERVE
dc.subjectDISASTER FUND
dc.subjectCONTINGENT CREDIT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL INSURANCE
dc.subjectWEATHER DERIVATIVES
dc.subjectSADC
dc.subjectREGIONAL COOPERATION
dc.titleAgriculture Risk Financing in Southern Africaen
dc.typePolicy Noteen
dc.typeDocument de politique généralefr
dc.typeDocumento de políticases
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crossref.titleAgriculture Risk Financing in Southern Africa
okr.date.disclosure2020-06-25
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Policy Note
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/929401593062867051/Policy-Note-Agriculture-Risk-Financing-in-Southern-Africa
okr.guid929401593062867051
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/34084
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b087c3a347_2_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum32167699
okr.identifier.reportAUS0001748
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/929401593062867051/pdf/Policy-Note-Agriculture-Risk-Financing-in-Southern-Africa.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.geographicalSouthern Africa
okr.sectorAgriculture, Fishing and Forestry
okr.themeEnvironment and natural resource management :: Natural disaster management
okr.topicAgriculture::Commodity Risk Management
okr.topicAgriculture::Food Security
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::Insurance & Risk Mitigation
okr.unitAgriculture Global Practice; Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice
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