ACRE Africa and VanderSat have joined forces to develop drought insurance that is geared to the needs of smallholder maize farmers in Kenya. The aMaizing insurance product offers protection to vulnerable farmers who are critically exposed to climate variability.
Successful pilots involving 4500 smallholder maize farmers were completed in 2019, with a further 10,000 targeted for 2020. A scaling strategy is in place which will see our joint operation reaching out to farmers across Kenya and East Africa.