ACRE Africa Weather Index Covers
Syngenta Foundation
ACRE Africa Weather Index Covers is a weather based index insurance program for smallholder farmers using mobile technologies.
ACRE Africa Weather Index Covers is the the largest agricultural insurance program in Africa and the first agricultural insurance program worldwide to reach smallholders using mobile technologies. It pays out benefits on the basis of a predetermined index (e.g. rainfall level) or loss of assets and investments resulting from weather and catastrophic events, without requiring the traditional services of insurance claims assessors.
Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania
The initial project Kilimo Salama was funded by Syngenta Foundation, and later evolved to a for profit company ACRE (Agriculture and Climate Risk Enterprise Ltd.).
Tailored insurance coverage price is available upon request
IBLI specifically for livestock in Kenya and Ethiopia, R4 Rural Resilience Initiative in Ethiopia, Senegal, Malawi, Zambia and Kenya
Goal 2: Zero hunger
Smallholder farmers, agriculture loan providers
