The CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture closed in December 2021. Its work continues under the CGIAR Digital Innovation initiative and the Digital and Data unit at System Office

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By berber Kramer and Evgeniya Anisimova
Published on IFPRI’s blog

Millions of smallholder farmers around the world lack access to affordable insurance—their farms are often too small and too remote for insurers to economically verify damage. In collaboration with the private sector and the development community, researchers have been looking for alternatives that do not require insurance companies to verify damage on a case-by-case basis.

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