Tanzania: Fresh Hope As Insurers Venture Into Agriculture

Dar es Salaam — For many years, investment in agricultural improvement has focused on farmers' know-how but not farmer's ability to deal with natural calamities and other uncertainties or risks associated with their business.

As technology advances, coupled with a wind of change in investment perceptions, insurance companies are beginning to see the prospects of capitalising on solving the farmers' agricultural uncertainties; through providing agricultural insurance.

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