Agriculture Risk Financing in Southern Africa

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dc.creatorLung, Felix
dc.creatorStefan, Cristina
dc.date2020-08-10T20:12:39Z
dc.date2020-08-10T20:12:39Z
dc.date2020-06-23
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:31:13Z
dc.descriptionThis 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.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/929401593062867051/Policy-Note-Agriculture-Risk-Financing-in-Southern-Africa
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/34314
dc.identifier10.1596/34314
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/405143
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectWEATHER RISK
dc.subjectCOMMODITY RISK
dc.subjectPESTS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL RISK FINANCE
dc.subjectDISASTER FUND
dc.subjectSTRATEGIC FOOD RESERVE
dc.subjectSAFETY NETS
dc.subjectCONTINGENT CREDIT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL INSURANCE
dc.subjectWEATHER DERIVATIVES
dc.subjectREGIONAL INITIATIVES
dc.subjectSADC
dc.titleAgriculture Risk Financing in Southern Africa
dc.typePolicy Note
dc.typeDocument de politique générale
dc.typeDocumento de políticas

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