Dealing with agricultural risks in Nigeria - By: Nasir Yammama
Dealing with agricultural risks in Nigeria By Mon Jan 18 2021 While debating the impact of the federal government’s border closure policy (and the recent reopening) on commodity prices, I found myself wondering yet again about agricultural risks and Nigeria’s Agricultural Insurance sector. I had earlier on, in the October of 2020 written about this subject in an article titled Floods: Another Precarious Year for Nigerian Farmers, which touched on Agricultural insurance particularly weather-based Index insurance. Another form of innovative insurance product is Area Yield Index Insurance, w...