crop insurance

01 Jul 2019

Crop Insurance: a vital tool minimising risk for South African farmers

By Janice Roberts

The attitude of South African farmers towards crop insurance is changing as they realise that purchasing insurance is one of the most accessible ways in which they can manage risk in an occupation that is fraught with challenges and obstacles, says Old Mutual Insure.

14 May 2018

Crop insurance firm cuts risk for South African farmers

By Janice Roberts

A start-up using satellite imagery to substantially cut crop insurance costs for South African smallholder farmers is to receive a major boost from global social impact programme Expo Live, run by organisers of the next World Expo, Expo 2020 Dubai. More than 90 per cent of smallholder farmers in South Africa do not carry adequate...