Ensuring Agricultural Sustainability Through Crop Insurance in Mali

This report provides an overview of a crop insurance campaign to ensure agriculture sustainability in Mali. Feed the Future Mali Sugu Yiriwa is a five-year cooperative agreement funded by USAID, aimed at strengthening the resilience of farming and business communities in the Delta Zone through market-driven, inclusive, nutrition-sensitive, and agriculture-driven economic growth. In response, upon discussions with the agricultural communities in the Delta Zone, Sugu Yiriwa established a partnership with OKO/SUNU, a crop insurance company, to promote index-based agricultural insurance. Sugu Yiriwa, in collaboration with OKO/SUNU, took various steps to advance crop services within farming communities across three circles and 24 villages in the Mopti region. In addition to building trust with farmers and partnering with insurance companies, Sugu Yiriwa also looked at the policy environment to see what changes would further expand insurance coverage for smallholder farmers. After analyzing the policy environment, Sugu Yiriwa put forth an advocacy strategy to ensure that policies are supporting small farmers’ needs.