Jamaica: Agriculture Ministry and World Bank to Assess Weather-Risk Insurance Model for Coffee Industry
January 26, 2010 –Jamaica’s coffee farmers are now one step closer to effective crop insurance coverage, based on an agreement signed today by Agriculture Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton; Coffee Industry Board Director General, Mr. Christopher Gentles; and World Bank Senior Agriculture Economist, Mr. Diego Arias, to conduct a feasibility study for the introduction of a weather-risk insurance scheme for the coffee industry.
source: World Bank