University of Victoria

$75,000.00 CAD

≈ 12 months of average Canadian pay
Department
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Program
AgriRisk Initiatives: Microgrants
Recipient country
Canada
Fiscal year
2019-2020
Agreement period
April 1, 2019 – May 30, 2022
Reference
aafc-aac:235-2019-2020-Q2-00003

Published purpose

The objective of this project is to determine if weather-index insurance (WII) be effective in mitigating the adverse impacts of weather risk on the yield and the quality of output, while simplifying and speeding up the payment process; and, to explore how can WII products complement current Canadian BRM programs to attract farmers to participate in such an insurance product.

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