Why Africa’s insurers must rethink parametric products for farmers’ sustained resilience

Agriculture and arable farming in Kenya.

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There is an urgent need to design and scale smarter parametric insurance products to close the protection gap and build stronger resilience amid rising severity and frequency of climate risks.

Smarter products must move beyond single risk triggers to reflect real farming conditions, improve data and pricing accuracy, enhance affordability through targeted support and value chain integration, and align policy, technology and finance to deliver timely and reliable resilience at scale.

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