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No results found.The most vulnerable part of Central America is the “Corredo Seco” (Dry Corridor), an area running across of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, which is characterized by very variable and extreme weather conditions: regular abnormal dry spells and droughts, and an increasingly irregular rainfall pattern causing landslides and flash floods. In three out of five harvest cycles, small farming families suffer significant losses and often their harvest is not enough to sustain household livelihoods and food security. This situation has the worst impact in Guatemala and Honduras, representing more than 50 percent of the subsistence farmers of the region. Through the financial support of the Belgian Government and with the collaboration of local and national Governments, FAO has strengthened the risk management capacities of subsistence farmers in Honduras and Guatemala. This enabled them to save, invest and protect their livelihoods through an innovative approach called the Com munity Contingency Funds (CCFs), which build farmers association resilience on three key dimensions: technical, financial and social. -
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Analysis and recommendations for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
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No results found.This study aims to assess the potential for the introduction of agricultural insurance services in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in the Philippines, with a view to fostering smallholders’ resilience against extreme natural events, such as floods, droughts and hurricanes, and promote their capacity to recover from such shocks. The study focuses on analysing and showcasing the opportunities and benefits associated with the introduction of tailored disaster risk insurance protection for small-scale farmers in BARMM; the core roadblocks and constraints that limit the diffusion of such services in the region’s agriculture sector; and options for the implementation of agri-insurance coverage based on different scenarios of collaboration involving public, private and non-profit stakeholders active in the region. The study was conceived as a general reference document and starting point for all types of stakeholders – government authorities, development agencies, financial institutions and non-governmental organizations – interested in designing and promoting agricultural insurance services for vulnerable actors in the Bangsamoro region.
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