On February 8 of the current year, the meeting of representatives of the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Statistics with the international consultant of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on insurance in agriculture – Ms. Olena Sosenko took place within the framework of the development of a feasibility study on the development of agricultural insurance in Uzbekistan in the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Statistics.
For information: According to the Memorandum signed between the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management (Germany), as well as jointly with the UN Development Programme in Uzbekistan, it is planned to conduct a feasibility study for the widespread use of insurance coverage in agriculture in Uzbekistan.
The purpose of this study is to study the scale of the impact of climate risks in the country on the yield and profitability of cultivated crops, as well as the possibility of applying the modern measures of insurance coverage to farming enterprises and dekhkans.
In the course of this meeting, issues related to the availability of data necessary for risk analysis and formation of pricing for insurance services, including the yield indicators, losses, etc., were discussed.
At the end of the meeting, Olena Sosenko, UNDP international consultant on insurance in agriculture, and Pishenbai Umirbekov, UNDP programme officer in Uzbekistan, discussed with representatives of the State Committee on Statistics the issue of further cooperation in order to obtain the necessary data.
The meeting took place in a warm and friendly atmosphere.
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