Inclusive risk mitigation in smallholder crop insurance design

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Inclusive risk mitigation in smallholder crop insurance design

Host Institution:agCelerant-Senegal, BP 25026, Dakar, Senegal

Supervisors:
Pierre C. Sibiry Traore, ICRISAT/MANOBI (lead supervisor)
Daniel Annerose, MANOBI

Project Description:

The agCelerantTM digital smallholder value chain orchestration platform implements innovative approaches to agricultural risk management, such as the BRISKTM service bundle on Basis risk Reduction Instrument and Support Knowledge. BRISKTM aims to assist insurers in the design and deployment of innovative financial protection products for smallholder farmers and cooperatives. This internship will develop tools combining parametric and non-parametric components with compliance monitoring to strengthen product marketability and portfolio design, contributing to NADiRA and to the CASCAID 2.0 (CCAFS) project.

Applications for this internship should be submitted via the online application system, stating clearly the title of the internship.

Deadline for applications: March 29th, 2019 – 11:59 PM (EAT).

Any inquiries about these internships should be sent to:
aims-ms4cr.internship@nexteinstein.org.