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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…
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    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…
    Go to the profile of Elise Lee
    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…
    Go to the profile of Samuel M. Kingori
    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…
    Go to the profile of Benson Kiragu
    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…
    Go to the profile of Djitaba Sackho-Patel
    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…
    Go to the profile of Rishi Raithatha
    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…
    Go to the profile of Elizabeth Thinwa
    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…
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    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
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    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…
    Go to the profile of Rishi Raithatha
    Rishi Raithatha
    Feb 21, 2022
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