Toward Scaled-Up and Sustainable Agriculture Finance and Insurance in Uganda

World Bank

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: AGRICULTURAL FINANCE;    CROP INSURANCE;    INSURANCE;    FARMER;    CREDIT COOPERATIVE;   

RP-ID  :  141102

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

In March 2018, Uganda's Ministry ofFinance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED) formallyrequested technical assistance from the World Bank Group(WBG) to conduct a technical and diagnostic review of theUganda Agricultural Insurance Scheme (UAIS) with theobjective of providing recommendations to enhance thescalability and sustainability of the scheme going forward.This technical report covers the rapid assessment ofagriculture finance and its recommendations, the findings ofthe situation and gap analysis of the UAIS, and whereappropriate, presents the WBG’s recommendations forstrengthening the scheme; it also includes a proposal fortwo additional insurance programs, one for crop and one forlivestock, targeted at small-scale farmers. Section one iscomprised of four chapters that provide important backgroundinformation: chapter one provides context for the study;chapter two describes the agricultural sector in Uganda,including the constraints and risk exposure faced bysmall-scale farmers; chapter three offers an overview of theagriculture finance landscape; and chapter four describespast and present agricultural insurance initiatives,including the UAIS. Section two includes the remainingchapters that present findings and make recommendations forscaling up agriculture insurance in Uganda and makingprograms sustainable. Specifically, chapter five describesin detail the situation and gap analysis carried out forUAIS insurance products, operating systems and procedures,and underwriting results, and it identifies possible ways tostrengthen the scheme for the public-private partnership(PPP) stakeholders to consider. Chapter six presents optionsfor the development of large-scale Area Yield IndexInsurance (AYII) to complement the existing UAIS cropinsurance products and programs, and it includes fiscalcostings for GoU to consider. Chapter seven presents optionsfor the development of large-scale Satellite-Based PastureDrought Index Insurance (SPDII) for open-grazed livestock insemi-arid regions of Uganda, most notably the Karamoja subregion.