[09.04.2010 ] Agricultural Insurance - general overview
Agricultural production faces a myriad of risks. Nevertheless, two major risks are of concern to the agricultural sector—price risk caused by potential volatility in prices and production risk resulting from uncertainty about the levels of production that primary producers can achieve from their current activities. It is likely that these major risks will increase in the future—price risk due to liberalization of trade and production risk caused by the effects of climate change. The trend towards agricultural specialization is likely to continue which will increase these risks as producers rely on the production of a smaller range of crops and consequently cannot diversify risks as effectively. Agricultural risks not only affect farmers, they also affect the whole agribusiness value chain. Each of the participants along the supply chain, from the suppliers of inputs to the end consumer, are subject to these risks. As the interconnections between the participants in the value chain are becoming more close and complex, the possibilities of adverse events being transmitted between participants are increasing.
07.06.2010 Adjusting Hail and Storm Damage on Maize seminar - September 8-10, 2010, Switzerland International Association of Agricultural Production Insurers offers a seminar on hail and storm damage on corn. The seminar is jointly organized by the association and Swiss Hail. the seminar will be conducted on September 8-10, 2010 in Egerkingen. Enrolment - by August 1, 2010. 12.04.2010 Remote Sensing Index-Based Crop Insurance Working Group meeting - August 10-11, 2010, USA The 2nd International Working Group On Remote Sensing Index-Based Crop Insurance will take place on August 10-11, 2010 in San Francisco, CA at the Fairmont Hotel. Practical technical issues related to implementing satellite derived index based crop insurance will be discussed.
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