How field photos grow crop insurance in Kenya
As a maize farmer in Tigania West, Meru County, Joseph Ibeere has encountered dozens of challenges with the crop, largely driven by unpredictable weather. Mr Ibeere is on the…
As a maize farmer in Tigania West, Meru County, Joseph Ibeere has encountered dozens of challenges with the crop, largely driven by unpredictable weather. Mr Ibeere is on the…
Lacuna Fund are thrilled to share their first cohort of supported projects in the agricultural AI for social good domain. With over 100 applications from, or in partnership with,…
We are very happy to announce that the Ethereum Foundation has decided to support our project aimed at providing crop insurance to smallholder farmers based on blockchain technology in cooperation with ACRE…
Whether it is health issues, climate change or a global socio-economic crisis such as that caused by Covid-19, the lack of access to formal risk management can trap low-income…
Lima Salama – A hybrid crop insurance product developed by ACRE Africa with support from funding through the FISFAP program under Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)….
In Summary • More than 1.7 million farmers in Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda have taken out crop insurance. • The focus is on value-chain crops such as maize, sorghum,…
In Summary With weather index insurance, there’s a mismatch between a farmer’s experience and their data. To fill the gaps, firm now uses picture-based insurance. Agriculture insurance comes with…
Nairobi, December 1st 2020. ZEP-RE is to acquire a majority stake in ACRE Africa, subject to relevant regulatory approval. The agreement paves the way to significant expansion of agricultural…
Joseph Ibeere, a crop farmer from Tigania West in Meru County, has always been interested in crop insurance but has never taken it up. “The stories l had heard…
Joseph Ibeere has been a smallholder farmer for over 30 years. The venture being his only source of livelihood, he has ended up securing loans to cushion himself from…