Improving Agriculture and Food Security Risk Financing in Southern Africa
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World Bank, Washington, DC
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The objective of this report is to
provide a review of and recommendations for improving the
agriculture and food security risk financing framework in
the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Member
States. This report presents the compilation of various
analyses and activities realized in the context of a World
Bank Group Advisory Services program to the SADC Region
during 2019 and 2020, which included: (i) a stocktaking of
the agroclimatic information systems of the region; (ii) the
implementation of four innovation challenges to identify the
most promising solutions to advance the risk finance agenda
for food security and agriculture in the region; (iii) the
implementation of one of the innovative solutions to one
SADC Member State (the Democratic Republic of Congo); and
(iv) the development of a regional risk financing policy
note for agriculture and food security in SADC. The work was
conducted by a multisectoral tea
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AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE, AGRICULTURAL RISK FINANCE, FOOD SECURITY, DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT, COMMODITY PRICES, SADC, WEATHER RISK, METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE