Agricultural Micro Insurance

Agricultural Micro Insurance

Agricultural micro insurance provides protection to the financial interests of insured in agricultural crops and livestock. Major agricultural crops category including cereals, pulses, oilseeds, spices, fruit and vegetables and plantation crops like tea, cotton and sugarcane are covered under multi-peril crop insurance policy. Ethiopia’s largest export crop namely coffee is insured separately having its own policy. Livestock indemnity insurance covers livestock such as cows/oxen, sheep and goat kept for dairy, fattening or production purposes.