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Insuring harvests in Ghana | Global Ideas

425 views · Published 27 April 2011 · 7:11 · Indexed 28 September 2026

Channel: DW News · 2011 · Science & Technology

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Recent years have seen West Africa plagued by extended dry seasons that spell financial ruin for many small farmers. In Ghana, standard insurance against poor harvests tends to be expensive and impractical. A lack of reliable weather data makes it difficult to prove insurance damages. Ghana's government aims to change that. It?s now cooperating with the national insurance association to provide insurance plans based on standardized data provided by authorized, automated weather stations. 
 
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