New Approach for Farmers' Poverty Reduction Weather Index Insurance Using Satellite-Based Information
16 March 2018

Philippines

Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance's Ken Gohara and Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan's Tsugito Nagano presented how the Weather Index Insurance can pay out a contractually predetermined insurance amount when weather indices such as temperature, wind speed, and rainfall exceed specified thresholds.

Program and Learning Materials
Session / Activity Title Speaker(s)
Presentation Agricultural Market Efforts in Southeast Asia: Case of Myanmar and Thailand
Natural hazards such as floods and drought increasingly occur due to extreme weather events that are exacerbated by climate change. To cope with the…
 Ken Gohara

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Event Coordinator/s

  • Aldrin Plaza

ADB Organizer/s

  • Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office
  • Finance Sector Office
  • Water and Urban Development Sector Office

Topics

  • Agriculture and Natural Resources
  • Environment
  • Finance
  • Urban Development