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Crop Insurance as a Risk Management Strategy in Bangladesh

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3.6 <strong>Crop</strong> <strong>Insurance</strong>: some Term<strong>in</strong>ologies 28<br />

3.7 Models of <strong>Crop</strong> <strong>Insurance</strong> 30<br />

3.7.1 Traditional Approaches of <strong>Crop</strong> <strong>Insurance</strong> 30<br />

3.7.2 Index B<strong>as</strong>ed <strong>Insurance</strong> 31<br />

3.8 Micro<strong>in</strong>surance: Delivery models 36<br />

3.9 Participation <strong>in</strong> <strong>Crop</strong> <strong>Insurance</strong> Program – Compulsory Vs Voluntary 37<br />

3.10 <strong>Crop</strong> <strong>Insurance</strong> Experience at Different Parts of the World 38<br />

3.11 Experiences of Selected Countries with Well Developed <strong>Insurance</strong><br />

Programs<br />

39<br />

3.11.1 Experience from USA 39<br />

3.11.2 Canadian Experience 40<br />

3.11.3 Experience from Caribbean and South America 40<br />

3.11.4 <strong>Crop</strong> <strong>Insurance</strong> – India 40<br />

3.11.5 Whether Develop<strong>in</strong>g Countries should adopt Model of Developed<br />

Countries?<br />

43<br />

3.11.6 Summary of Experiences from Other Countries 44<br />

Chapter 4: <strong>Crop</strong> <strong>Insurance</strong> - <strong>Bangladesh</strong> Context 47<br />

4.1 Status of <strong>Insurance</strong> Bus<strong>in</strong>ess <strong>in</strong> <strong>Bangladesh</strong> 47<br />

4.2 Micro-<strong>in</strong>surance <strong>in</strong> <strong>Bangladesh</strong> 49<br />

4.3 <strong>Crop</strong> <strong>Insurance</strong> P<strong>as</strong>t Experience <strong>in</strong> <strong>Bangladesh</strong> 51<br />

4.4 Causes of failure of the crop <strong>in</strong>surance project <strong>in</strong> 1977 – 96 53<br />

4.5 Dis<strong>as</strong>ter and Subsidy <strong>in</strong> the Agriculture Sector <strong>in</strong> <strong>Bangladesh</strong> 54<br />

4.6 Incre<strong>as</strong>ed demand for Agri-credit: Agri-bond Disbursement by BRAC 55<br />

4.7 <strong>Crop</strong> <strong>Insurance</strong>: Plan to Re-<strong>in</strong>troduce by the Government 55<br />

4.8 Recent Study by Economics Department of NSU: Demand <strong>as</strong>sessment and<br />

test of commercial viability of crop <strong>in</strong>surance <strong>in</strong> <strong>Bangladesh</strong><br />

57<br />

4.9 Climate <strong>Insurance</strong> Proposals and its Rationale <strong>in</strong> the Context of<br />

<strong>Bangladesh</strong><br />

57<br />

4.9.1 AOSIS Proposal 57<br />

4.9.2 Muller Proposal 58<br />

4.9.3 Germanwatch Proposal 58<br />

4.9.4 Towards A Complementary <strong>Strategy</strong> for Implement<strong>in</strong>g Article 4.8 59<br />

4.10 Donor-supported Dis<strong>as</strong>ter <strong>Insurance</strong> Schemes 59<br />

4.10.1 Index-b<strong>as</strong>ed <strong>Insurance</strong> <strong>in</strong> Malawi 60<br />

Chapter 5: Climate Change and Agricultural <strong>Risk</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Bangladesh</strong> - Future trend<br />

and Methodology to Quantify <strong>Risk</strong><br />

61<br />

5.1 Agriculture <strong>Risk</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Bangladesh</strong> 61<br />

5.2 Climate Change and its probable impact on the agriculture sector 61<br />

5.2.1 Climate Change Scenario for <strong>Bangladesh</strong> 61<br />

5.2.2 Effect on the Agriculture Sector: Direct effect 64<br />

5.2.3 Climate change and Dis<strong>as</strong>ter: Indirect effect on agriculture sector 65<br />

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