Presented in March 2015 at the Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture, Abu Dhabi, under the auspices of the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)

1. Index crop insurance and climate
smart agriculture
Jon Hellin
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture
Abu Dhabi, 10th March 2015

2. Climate change and challenge of
increasing agricultural productivity

3. Climate smart agriculture - drought
tolerant maize varieties
OPV Countries
ZM309 ZW, MW, SZ
ZM401 ZW, TZ (Tan250)
ZM423 AO, ZA, ZM, ZW
ZM523 MW, ZA, ZW
ZM623 CD, LS, MW, TZ, ZW
ZM625 ZM (Kamano)
ZM721 CD, TZ (Tan254), ZM
WS103 KE
Melkassa 4 ET
KDV1 KE (Dryland)
KDV4 KE (Dryland)
KDV6 KE (Dryland)
Hybrid Countries
PAN53 ZW, MW, ZM, GH, ZA, SZ
Longe H7 UG
MH26 MW
WH403 KE
WH504 KE
Pris601 ZW
CAP9001 SZ, ZA, MW
TAN H600 TZ
KAM601 ZM
PGS61 ZW, ZM
WH502 KE
ZMS402 ZM
ZMS737 ZM

4. Challenge of linking farmers to
climate smart agriculture

5. Index crop insurance
Rain gauge in Ethiopia
Photo credit Financial Instruments Sector
Team, International Research Institute for
Climate and Society, Columbia University

6. Examples of index crop insurance:
learn from success and ‘failures’
• India’s national index-based
insurance schemes
• East Africa and Agriculture and
Climate Risk Enterprise (ACRE)
• Ethiopia and Senegal and the
R4 Rural Resilience Initiative
• Mongolia Index Based
Livestock Insurance Program
• Kenya and Ethiopia and Index-
Based Livestock Insurance
Beneficiary of Takaful insurance payout
in Wajir, northern Kenya
Photo credit ILRI - Riccardo Gangale