"Pay As You Plant" Insurance Helps African Farmers Recover from Climate-Induced Crop Loss

Image: Flickr via meaduva Micro-insurance might be the latest in a string of technology applications that have brought exciting developments to perhaps one of the most surprising regions, rural Africa. Kilimo Salama, or “safe farming” in Swahili, is a micro-insurance system that allows farmers to be compensated for low crop yield due to poor weathe… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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"Pay As You Plant" Insurance Helps African Farmers Recover from Climate-Induced Crop Loss

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