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1 Aheeyar, Mohamed; Amarasinghe, Upali A.; Amarnath, Giriraj; Alahacoon, Niranga; Prasad, S.; Dissanayake, A. 2023. Assessment of farmers’ willingness to pay for bundled climate insurance solutions in Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 37p. (IWMI Research Report 187) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2023.222]
Weather index insurance ; Farmers' attitudes ; Willingness to pay ; Assessment ; Climate resilience ; Crop insurance ; Risk transfer ; Climate services ; Seed systems ; Agricultural risks ; Disaster risk management ; Strategies ; Intervention ; Climate change impacts ; Drought ; Flooding ; Crop damage ; Smallholders ; Socioeconomic aspects ; Land ownership ; Household income ; Insurance premiums ; Gender equality ; Social inclusion ; Awareness-raising ; Institutions ; Surveys / Sri Lanka / Anuradhapura / Gampaha / Hambantota / Kurunegala / Monaragala
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H052415)
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With the increasing frequency and intensity of climate-related disasters, several social protection and livelihood resilience tools have been tested to reduce agricultural risks. The findings of this study are based on the initial bundled climate insurance solutions pilot conducted in five districts in Sri Lanka (Anuradhapura, Vavuniya, Monaragala, Kurunegala and Ampara) in 2021 with the support of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). The project intervention was designed to reduce production risks and enhance agricultural resilience through the roll-out of an index insurance product bundled with hybrid seeds and mobile-based weather and agronomic advisories. The research assessed farmers' willingness to pay (WTP) for weather index insurance (WII) solutions with bundled choices as a risk transfer tool with due consideration to the diversity and heterogeneity of the farming population. The report informs the scaling opportunities of bundled climate insurance choices, including product design and implementation among smallholder farmers and reduction of production risks in designing and implementing WII products. The study findings confirm the majority of farmers' perceptions of high climate risk, but the degree of risk is variable between areas and different segments of people. Farmers’ age, gender, farming experience, levels of education, land size operated, and household income form the major factors characterizing the diversity and risk exposures. Attention to gender and social equity issues is important in the design and delivery of insurance products so that the benefits of the interventions reach most of the farming population; this can ensure achievement of the larger development objectives of equity and fairness to disadvantaged people including women. Farmers are experiencing high or very high levels of variability in crop yield, input prices and output prices. However, the differences in willingness to experiment with innovations to minimize the risks and adopt risk-taking approaches to minimize production risks and strengthen livelihood resilience indicate the requirement for carefully designed insurance products. Awareness creation is a prerequisite for this intervention to be a sustainable one. About 80% of farmers are willing to enroll in crop insurance programs, but a major inhibiting factor is the lack of trust in insurers. The amount that farmers are willing to pay as an insurance premium is in the range of 1-2% of the sum insured for the majority of farmers. Bundling insurance with farm support services could be the primary strategy for transitioning insurance programs to be a financially viable and sustainable adaptation strategy, and for upscaling these programs.
2 Ndione, Y. C.; Tall, L.; Sall, S.; Ciss, P. N.; Rousseau, E.; Amarnath, Giriraj; Okem, Andrew. 2023. Workshop report on Stakeholder Validation of Selected Adaptation Interventions in Senegal, Dakar, Senegal, 11 July 2023. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Initiative on Climate Resilience. 16p.
Climate change adaptation ; Intervention ; Stakeholders ; Climate change impacts ; Vulnerability ; Communities ; Rural areas ; Climate resilience ; Food security ; Agropastoral systems ; Farmers / Senegal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052470)
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Senegal, a country in West Africa and home to over 16 million people is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, which interacts with existing environmental and socio-economic challenges. It is a water-scarce country. Decreasing rainfall frequent and intense droughts are exacerbating water-related impacts of climate change with vulnerable communities in rural areas bearing the highest burden of these impacts. Although agriculture is an important contributor to Senegal’s economy, it is largely rain-fed, thus increasing its vulnerability to the impacts of climate change. Against the backdrop of the increasing impacts of climate change, the CGIAR Initiative on Climate Resilience is setting up a polycentric governance model to enhance resilience against the impacts of climate change in Senegal. The study is part of a broader project titled Building Systemic Resilience Against Climate Variability and Extremes (ClimBeR). ClimBeR comprises four work modules: (1) reducing the risks associated with climate change for agricultural production systems and livelihoods; (2) strengthening the resilience of production systems by recognizing the links between climate, agriculture, security and peace; (3) Developing adaptation tools to inform policy and facilitate investment; (4) Conceptualizing a polycentric and bottom-up governance model. ClimBeR aims to strengthen climate resilience in low- and middle-income countries. This report presents the outcome of a stakeholder workshop held on 11 July 2023 as part of the project implementation. The workshop aimed to inform stakeholders about ClimBeR, share the preliminary results of the mapping exercise which culminated in an inventory of 31 promising, resilient, transformative adaptation interventions in Senegal, and select 3-4 promising, resilient and transformative adaptation interventions in Senegal from a shortlist of 8 interventions. At the end of the workshop, 4 adaptation interventions, including one recommended by the stakeholders outside the 8 preselected interventions were selected. All the selected projects operate across spatial scales with various stakeholders, including households, community members, civil society and non-governmental organisations, and government officials. Three projects focused on food security, while the fourth focused on natural resource management. The next phase of the project entails a detailed mapping of the selected interventions.
3 Reyes-García, V.; García-Del-Amo, D.; Porcuna-Ferrer, A.; Schlingmann, A.; Abazeri, M.; Attoh, Emmanuel M. N. A. N.; Ávila, J. V. d. C.; Ayanlade, A.; Babai, D.; Benyei, P.; Calvet-Mir, L.; Carmona, R.; Caviedes, J.; Chah, J.; Chakauya, R.; Cuní-Sanchez, A.; Fernández-Llamazares, Á.; Galappaththi, E. K.; Gerkey, D.; Graham, S.; Guillerminet, T.; Huanca, T.; Ibarra, J. T.; Junqueira, A. B.; Li, X.; López-Maldonado, Y.; Mattalia, G.; Samakov, A.; Schunko, C.; Seidler, R.; Sharakhmatova, V.; Singh, P.; Tofghi-Niaki, A.; Torrents-Ticó, M.; LICCI Consortium. 2024. Local studies provide a global perspective of the impacts of climate change on indigenous peoples and local communities. Sustainable Earth Reviews, 7:1 . [doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s42055-023-00063-6]
Climate change impacts ; Indigenous peoples ; Local communities ; Livelihoods ; Local knowledge ; Sociocultural environment
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052569)
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Indigenous Peoples and local communities with nature-dependent livelihoods are disproportionately affected by climate change impacts, but their experience, knowledge and needs receive inadequate attention in climate research and policy. Here, we discuss three key findings of a collaborative research consortium arising from the Local Indicators of Climate Change Impacts project. First, reports of environmental change by Indigenous Peoples and local communities provide holistic, relational, placed-based, culturally-grounded and multi-causal understandings of change, largely focused on processes and elements that are relevant to local livelihoods and cultures. These reports demonstrate that the impacts of climate change intersect with and exacerbate historical effects of socioeconomic and political marginalization. Second, drawing on rich bodies of inter-generational knowledge, Indigenous Peoples and local communities have developed context-specific responses to environmental change grounded in local resources and strategies that often absorb the impacts of multiple drivers of change. Indigenous Peoples and local communities adjust in diverse ways to impacts on their livelihoods, but the adoption of responses often comes at a significant cost due to economic, political, and socio-cultural barriers operating at societal, community, household, and individual levels. Finally, divergent understandings of change challenge generalizations in research examining the human dimensions of climate change. Evidence from Indigenous and local knowledge systems is context-dependent and not always aligned with scientific evidence. Exploring divergent understandings of the concept of change derived from different knowledge systems can yield new insights which may help prioritize research and policy actions to address local needs and priorities.
4 Attoh, Emmanuel M. N. A. N.; Afriyie, R.; Kranjac-Berisavljevic, G.; Bessah, E.; Ludwig, F. 2024. Changing terrain: evidence of climate change impacts and adaptive responses of Dagbani Indigenous Communities, northern Ghana. In Reyes-García, V. (Ed.). Routledge handbook of climate change impacts on indigenous peoples and local communities. Abingdon, Oxon, UK: Routledge. pp.244-258. (Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks) [doi: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003356837-19]
Climate change impacts ; Indigenous peoples ; Climate change adaptation ; Strategies ; Communities ; Households ; Temperatures ; Rainfall / Ghana / Kumbungu
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052570)
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-edit/10.4324/9781003356837-19/changing-terrain-emmanuel-attoh-ruddy-afriyie-gordana-kranjac-berisavljevic-enoch-bessah-fulco-ludwig
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This chapter presents observations of changes attributed to climate change and adaptation actions taken by Indigenous communities in Kumbungu – Northern Ghana. Using focus group discussions and simple random and convenience quota sampling techniques, 125 households and 175 individuals were interviewed. Results showed an increase in rainfall variability, frequency of heavy rainfall events, hot/warm days and average temperature; shortened growing season; increased frequency of crop pests and wildfire, and livestock mortality, all of which significantly affect households. To respond to climate impacts, respondents applied chemical fertilizers, changed crop varieties, planted trees, used sandbags against floods, used weather and seasonal forecast information, and engaged in off-farm activities. A key barrier to adaptation is the lack of financial resources. We recommend: (1) micro-credit schemes to support Indigenous people’s adaptation choices; (2) the provision of accurate weather and seasonal climate forecast information for actionable farming decision-making; and (3) the inclusion of Indigenous People’s in adaptation policy formulation, which might offer context, restore trust, and increase the useability of measures.
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