1 | We are helping our clients - from small farmers to governments - manage development risks through insurance facilities for weather and catastrophic events. | |
2 | For these farmers - affected by events on world energy markets far beyond their control - the sharp rise in the cost of fertilizers meant their harvest would be reduced. | |
3 | Half his people live on $1 a day or less, the vast majority of them small farmers. | |
4 | She said, we have it now at Swiss Re and, of course, The World Bank sponsors crop insurance for farmers. | |
5 | Incomes doubled: People in project households saw their incomes grow from about US$70 per year per person to about US$200 through agricultural productivity enhancement and diversification. |