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Crop Insurance: Security for Farmers and Agricultural Stakeholders in the Face of Seasonal Climate Variability

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  • Domingo, Sonny N.
  • Reyes, Celia M.

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Crop insurance is a risk management tool designed to even out agricultural risks and address the consequences of natural disasters to make losses more bearable, especially to the marginalized farmers. In the Philippines, the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) implements and manages the government program on agricultural insurance. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the crop insurance program in the Philippines--its history, operationalization, performance, and a number of challenges. Some of the identified constraints in operating the program are high overhead cost, need for larger investment fund, and question of sustainability. The results of secondary data assessment and key informant interviews revealed that PCIC has captured only a small segment of its target clientele, particularly the subsistence farmers, due to logistical and marketing constraints. Moreover, farmer dependence on informal credit, particularly in rural farming communities, seems to have also created a nonviable setting for a crop insurance program.

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  • Domingo, Sonny N. & Reyes, Celia M., 2009. "Crop Insurance: Security for Farmers and Agricultural Stakeholders in the Face of Seasonal Climate Variability," Discussion Papers DP 2009-12, Philippine Institute for Development Studies.
    • Handle: RePEc:phd:dpaper:dp_2009-12
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    1. Mina, Christian D. & Reyes, Celia M. & Agbon, Adrian D. & Arboneda, Arkin, 2017. "Crop Insurance Program of the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation: Integrative Report from the Five Case Regions in the Philippines," Discussion Papers DP 2017-39, Philippine Institute for Development Studies.
    2. Gunnsteinsson, Snaebjorn, 2020. "Experimental identification of asymmetric information: Evidence on crop insurance in the Philippines," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 144(C).
    3. Mina, Christian D. & Reyes, Celia M. & Gloria, Reneli Ann B. & Mercado, Sarah Joy P., 2015. "Review of Design and Implementation of the Agricultural Insurance Programs of the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation," Discussion Papers DP 2015-07, Philippine Institute for Development Studies.
    4. Conrado, Vilma & Tuscano, Jocelyn & Oñate, Beatriz & Torio, Erwin & Umengan, Jane & Paat, Nina Klare, 2017. "Evaluation of the Impact of Agricultural Insurance Program of the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation on Agricultural Producers in Region 02 (Cagayan Valley), Philippines," Discussion Papers DP 2017-12, Philippine Institute for Development Studies.
    5. Murata, Akira & Miyazaki, Suguru, 2014. "Ex-post Risk Management Among Rural Filipino Farm Households," Working Papers 67, JICA Research Institute.
    6. Bathan, Bates M. & Gordoncillo, Prudenciano U., 2017. "Determinants of Credit Constraint Among Corn Farmers in Isabela Province, Philippines," Journal of Economics, Management & Agricultural Development, Journal of Economics, Management & Agricultural Development (JEMAD), vol. 3(2), December.

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    Keywords

    seasonal climate forecast (SCF); agricultural credit; crop insurance; Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC);
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