Risk management in Mediterranean agriculture: Agricultural insurance
Zaragoza (Spain), 21-25 November 2016
The International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM), through the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza (IAMZ), the State Agency for Agricultural Insurance (ENESA) of the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (MAGRAMA), and the Research Centre for the Management of Agricultural and Environmental Risks (CEIGRAM) of the Technical University of Madrid (UPM), are organizing an advanced course on "Risk management in Mediterranean agriculture: Agricultural insurance" in Zaragoza (Spain) from 21 to 25 November 2016.
In November, the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza (IAMZ-CIHEAM) will host an international course on agricultural insurance. Increasing risks affect the income and the welfare of farmers in Mediterranean countries. Climatic variations, sanitary and market risks and higher frequency of extreme events have a profound effect on farms’ viability. A wide range of strategies is now available to manage these risks. These strategies, mainly based on government intervention, allow farmers to mitigate and transfer risks. In this context insurance programmes may provide opportunities to effectively manage agricultural risks.
Some twenty speakers of renowned international experience from research centres, universities and companies will be lecturing in the programme.. The objective of this course is to provide decision makers with advanced tools for agricultural risk management, with a special focus on the design, implementation and evaluation of insurance schemes adequate for the Mediterranean region conditions.
At the end of the course, participants will be able to analyse the main risks affecting agriculture in their respective countries, will have a greater understanding of risk management strategies and tools and their applications, a good knowledge of the different options to set up agricultural insurance schemes as well as the possibilities of new technologies in the development of agricultural insurances, and will be in a position to establish institutional and personal relations that may improve cooperation in the region by sharing the experience on agricultural insurance.