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Book (stand-alone)Fisheries insurance programmes in Asia: experiences, practices and principles. 1999
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No results found.The document aims to provide guidance for the design of insurance policies and programmes for the fisheries sector based on a review of experiences with fisheries insurance programmes in Asia. These experiences were discussed at a Regional Conference on Insurance and Credit for Sustainable Fisheries Development in Asia, held in Tokyo, Nihon University, 11-15 November 1996, which was jointly organized by the National Federation of Fishery Co-operative Associations of Japan (Zengyoren), th e Asia Pacific Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (APRACA) and the Fisheries Department of FAO and attended by participants from Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Micronesia, Nepal, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan and Norway as well as by observers from Bolivia, Brazil, Senegal and Tunisia The document commences with an overview of fisheries insurance programmes in Asia. It then highlights the need for fisheries and aquaculture ins urance and elaborates on planning and practices and on the design of fisheries and aquaculture insurance schemes. It concludes by proposing basic principles and concepts for the development of fisheries insurance policies and programmes. The Annexes to the document include information on fisheries and aquaculture mutual insurance programmes in Japan, on fishing vessel insurance schemes in Japan, on fishery credit and insurance guarantee systems in Japan as well as the list of participa nts and the programme of the Regional Conference on Insurance and Credit for Sustainable Fisheries Development in Asia, Tokyo, Nihon University, 11-15 November 1996. -
Book (stand-alone)Livestock and aquaculture insurance in developing countries 2007
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No results found.Livestock and aquaculture insurance have received less attention than crop. insurance in risk management strategies being considered in recent years. This publication is intended as a contribution to redressing this imbalance. It briefly introduces the role of insurance as a risk management mechanism in livestock and aquaculture enterprises. It aims at setting the scene, and explores with the reader some of the complexities involved in this financial mechanism of risk sharing. In doing so, it d iscusses the applicability of insurance to managing those risks that are beyond the immediate control of the farm manager and that result in animal and fish mortality. As with crop insurance of livestock and aquaculture enterprises is considered to have application in rather particular situations where it can be demonstrated as being effective and viable. While some of the example material is taken from developed country livestock and aquaculture experience, the basic target group of readers is expected to be those concerned with these enterprises in developing parts of the world. The Bulletin may provide useful reading for members of farming and aquaculture associations, officials of Ministriel of Agriculture, Planning, Fisheries, Commerce and Health, and bankers and insurers with livestock and fish farming clients. -
DocumentDevelopment potential of selected fishery products in the regional member countries of the Asian Development Bank. Volume 2. Fishery country profiles 1977
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