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30x in 1 year: Insurance pilot with 4k Nigerian farmers leads to a scale-up across 3 countries
30x in 1 year: Insurance pilot with 4k Nigerian farmers leads to a ...
Agricultural insurance serves as a powerful risk mitigation tool against climate risks and other hazards smallholder farmers face. However…
Sukirti Vinayak
Oct 19, 2022
Moving from Relief to Disaster Preparedness: The Time to Act is Now!
Moving from Relief to Disaster Preparedness: The Time to Act is Now!
In July and August 2022, Pakistan has witnessed one of the worst flooding events in its history. As of the end of August, 33 million people…
Elise Lee
Sep 21, 2022
My Pula Journey: Fast-paced and Favorably Unpredictable
My Pula Journey: Fast-paced and Favorably Unpredictable
It has been five months since I started working at Pula, yet I still find myself having to explain my role to my parents — I work remotely…
Samuel M. Kingori
Sep 4, 2022
Life at Pula: How I became a “Bean Counter”
Life at Pula: How I became a “Bean Counter”
As the new innovations and piloting lead, I carry out research and development for novel protocols and products at Pula, linking the…
Benson Kiragu
Aug 26, 2022
How governments can drive demand for crop insurance while protecting their own and their farmers’…
How governments can drive demand for crop insurance while protectin...
Agriculture is an inherently risky activity, with farmers facing natural risks (for example, pests and diseases), climatic shocks and as we…
Djitaba Sackho-Patel
Jul 18, 2022
Empowering women one credit at a time with the W+ Standard
Empowering women one credit at a time with the W+ Standard
Over the last three years, the number of female smallholder farmers using Pula Advisors’ (hereafter known as Pula) insurance products has…
Rishi Raithatha
Jul 8, 2022
Crop insurance in Tanzania: The case for area yield index insurance
Crop insurance in Tanzania: The case for area yield index insurance
Maize is key to Tanzania’s economy, accounting for at least 15 percent of the country’s food production (FAOStat 2020). At least 82% of…
Elizabeth Thinwa
May 18, 2022
Pula to insure over one million farmers in Zambia in 2022
Pula to insure over one million farmers in Zambia in 2022
In March 2022, Pula was contracted as part of a consortium to offer crop insurance to 1,024,434 farmers in Zambia for the 2021/22 season…
Gianluca Storchi
Apr 12, 2022
Why PayGo solar energy and insurance can improve smallholder productivity
Why PayGo solar energy and insurance can improve smallholder produc...
By Elizabeth Thinwa — Consulting & Research Project Lead, Pula Advisors
Pula Advisors
Mar 3, 2022
Why claim payouts show that agricultural insurance works
Why claim payouts show that agricultural insurance works
In January 2022, Pula and APA Insurance paid out nearly $750,000 in claims to 11,414 smallholder farmers in Kenya. The farmers had been…
Rishi Raithatha
Feb 21, 2022
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