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Pro-Poor Policy Options: The Case for Rice Crop Insurance in Indonesia

Year of publication 2011

Pages 6p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This policy brief addresses rice crop insurance as a means to reduce rural poverty in Indonesia. Rice farming enjoys a central role as a source of livelihoods within the agricultural sector and is a major food source for domestic and export consumption. Although national policies stabilize prices and subsidize inputs, policy solutions to minimize the impact of rice farming’s inherent risks, and resulting crop loss and failure, are presently lacking.

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