South Asia: A booster dose for agriculture insurance
    
        
            
            Source: Asia Insurance Review | Sep 2018
         
     
    
    
    
     Asia Bangladesh South Asia Sri Lanka Agriculture
    
    
    
    The impact of climate change is making life increasingly difficult for farmers in South Asia. We look at a few markets in the region to understand the impact of agriculture insurance on the local population.
	- The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana scheme
 
	- Green Delta Insurance’s weather index-based agriculture insurance and yield index-based agriculture insurance.
 
	- Agricultural and Agrarian Insurance Board’s cover for farmers of six crops - rice, onions, potatoes, chillies, maize and soybeans.
 
 
 
    
    
    
    
    
	
        
		
        
            
                
				
					
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