The National Agricultural Mutual Fund ( Caisse Nationale de Mutualité Agricole (CNMA), the leading agricultural insurer in Algeria.
The government flagship farm insurance scheme, the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), lacks an independent mechanism to verify the validity of data provided by insurance companies.
The range of insurance products available in China to cover food safety risks is limited, says Swiss Re.
The government is considering allocating INR300bn ($3.6bn) to expand the portal of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), the state-sponsored flagship crop insurance scheme.
Nigeria's agriculture insurance industry has the potential to produce an annual premium income of over $600m due to its approximately 70m hectares of agricultural land and variety of agricultural markets, the deputy managing director/chief operating officer of African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re), Mr Ken Aghoghovbia, has said.
The Namibia Special Risks Insurance Association (Nasria) is set to introduce Weather Index Based Livestock Insurance (WIBLI).
Morocco is working on establishing an index-based insurance system, to better support farmers during periods of drought.
The agricultural insurance coverage rate in Taiwan has increased year by year from 5.79% in 2017 to 51.58% in June this year, according to statistics from the Agricultural and Financial Services Administration.
Less than 8% of farmers are insured in Tunisia, according to Mr Hassène Feki, president of the Tunisian Federation of Insurance Companies (FTUSA).
The Insurance Federation of Egypt (IFE) has launched two new types of insurance policies -- for irrigated crops and informal workers.