Advances in modeling and sensors can help farmers and insurers manage risk
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Insurance Daily News When drought caused devastating crop losses in
Malawi in 2015-2016, farmers in the southeastern African nation did not initially fear for the worst: the government had purchased insurance for such a calamity. But millions of farmers remained unpaid for months because the insurer’s model failed to detect the extent of the losses, and a subsequent model audit moved slowly. Quicker payments would have greatly reduced the shockwaves that rippled across the landlocked country.
While the insurers fixed the issues resulting in that error, the incident remains a cautionary tale about the potential failures of agricultural index insurance, which seeks to help protect the livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers across the globe. Recent advances in crop modeling and remote sensing - especially in the availability and use of hig
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Gamification for social good started way back in the day when the young and the old would play together as they passed important social messaging that would change behaviour or instill discipline.
For instance, the Sudanese game for naming the ancestral tree played an important role in the Nuer Constructive Contructivisit Ethnic Identity. Dereje Feyissa in his book, Playing Different Games: The Paradox of Anywaa and Nuer Identification, argues that the Nuer Identification mode is not primordialist as among the Anywaa but constructive.
The game enables the Nuer to understand and appreciate their lineage and roots as well as the strength of their connectedness. The game helps to paint a picture of the ancestral tree, drawing the value system among other shared similarities even if a Nuer is abroad. He or she can be able to identify his or her kin through the game.
THE STANDARD By
Alex Owiti |
January 27th 2021 at 05:25:00 GMT +0300
Gamification for social good started way back in the day when the young and the old played together as they passed important social messaging that would change behaviour or instill discipline.
For instance, the Sudanese game for naming the ancestral tree played an important role in the Nuer Constructive Ethnic Identity. Dereje Feyissa in his book, Playing Different Games: The Paradox of Anywaa and Nuer Identification, argues that the Nuer Identification mode is not primordial as among the Anywaa but constructive.
The game enables the Nuer to understand and appreciate their lineage and roots as well as the strength of their connectedness. The game helps to paint a picture of the ancestral tree, drawing the value system among other shared similarities even if a Nuer is abroad. He or she can be able to identify his or her kin through the game.
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IMAGE: A trial of drought-tolerant beans in 2016 in Malawi, during one of the worst droughts to hit the nation in three decades. view more
Credit: Neil Palmer/International Center for Tropical Agriculture
When drought caused devastating crop losses in Malawi in 2015-2016, farmers in the southeastern African nation did not initially fear for the worst: the government had purchased insurance for such a calamity. But millions of farmers remained unpaid for months because the insurer s model failed to detect the extent of the losses, and a subsequent model audit moved slowly. Quicker payments would have greatly reduced the shockwaves that rippled across the landlocked country.