Weather Index Based Insurance for the Pacific

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Maher, Barry and McCaffrey, Michael. 2018. Weather Index Based Insurance for the Pacific. ICT Update (87) 18.

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Smallholder farmers in the Pacific have no access to weather index-based insurances, while flooding is a real threat for them. Preliminary research in the region suggests that weather and agricultural data, and the exact locations of farmers is weak in the region.

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