Mind the gender gap in farmers’ preferences for weather-index insurance

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dc.creatorAkter, Sonia
dc.creatorKrupnik, Timothy J.
dc.creatorRossi, Frederick
dc.creatorKhanam, Fahmida
dc.creatorInternational Rice Research Institute
dc.creatorInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
dc.date2015-12-14
dc.date2024-08-01T02:50:07Z
dc.date2024-08-01T02:50:07Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:17:13Z
dc.descriptionThe findings highlight the importance of investment in institutional credibility as a precondition to attract women farmers to sign up for WII, particularly in an investment environment characterized by poor governance and weak institutional accountability. In addition, the findings indicate the importance of continued investments to boost women’s agency and financial literacy, as a necessary precondition to enable WII schemes to work. Lastly, it is imperative that a WII scheme must be as realistic and simple as possible for the intended clients, particularly women, to understand the insurance product. Without these three key interventions, the study indicates that farmers’ interest in WII, particularly among women, is likely to remain low in Southern Bangladesh.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/149870
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/99991
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceAkter, Sonia; Krupnik, Timothy J.; Rossi, Frederick; and Khanam, Fahmida. 2015. Mind the gender gap in farmers’ preferences for weather-index insurance. CSISA Research Note 7. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149870
dc.subjectfinancial institutions
dc.subjectweather hazards
dc.subjectagricultural production
dc.subjectattitudes
dc.subjectagricultural research
dc.subjectfarm income
dc.subjectweather index insurance
dc.subjectagricultural insurance
dc.subjectliteracy
dc.subjectsmallholders
dc.subjectrisks
dc.subjectdrought
dc.subjectgender equity
dc.subjectrural investment
dc.subjectwomen farmers
dc.titleMind the gender gap in farmers’ preferences for weather-index insurance
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