Agricultural insurance is a special line of property insurance applied to agricultural firms. In recognition of the specialized nature of this type of insurance, insurance companies operating in the market either have dedicated agribusiness units or outsource the underwriting to agencies that specialize in it. Agricultural insurance is not limited to crop insurance, it also applies to livestock, bloodstock, forestry, aquaculture, and greenhouses.

CONTENT

• Insurance Product Development for Agriculture Insurance
• Development of effective insurance products
• Product applications in agricultural insurance
• Alternative dispute mechanisms for contract farming
• Creating an enabling environment to mobilize agricultural finance
• Developing Innovative Products that addresses financing in agriculture.
• The contribution of agriculture subsidies on agriculture financing.
• Process for approving a credit disbursement
• Agricultural Reinsurance
• Overview of the role of public sector in agricultural insurance
• Risk Management in Agriculture
• Regulatory risk
• Price risk
• Production risk: weather (drought, floods, hail) and other natural risks
• Crop Insurance
• New and existing tools and policies for agriculture insurance
• How to employ agricultural marketing at any venture
• The kind of customers for agricultural marketing
• Developing agricultural marketing campaigns

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.

This course is available in the following locations:

Nigeria - $3000
Ghana - $6500
Rwanda - $7500
UK - $8500
USA - $8500