FARM-D hosted Webinar on PARM Risk Assessment Study in Uganda

The Platform for Agricultural Risk Management (PARM) along with the Forum for Agricultural Risk Management in Development (FARMD) held its first joint Webinar Presentation of the "Uganda Risk Assessment Study" by PARM that brought together over 70 international participants on November 11th, 2015. 

This webinar presented the methodology and results of the study and gave the opportunity to discuss the main findings with the authors...

Read more.

Launch of Uganda Risk Assessment Study in Kampala!

This Risk Assessment Study (RAS) is intended to help the stakeholders in Uganda develop a common understanding of the risk exposure of farmers and build a consensus on the priority areas for agricultural risk management in the future. The purpose of the study is to gather available quantitative information on agricultural risks in Uganda and their incidence on producers. The …

Read more.

PARM meets in Kampala for the 6th Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security

PARM joined the commemoration of the 6th Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security (ADFNS) that took place from the 28th to the 30th October 2015 in Kampala to contribute to the occasion by sharing the experience of the platform in raising awareness and mainstreaming agricultural risk management (ARM) policies through CAADP processes in sub-Saharan Africa. The topic of this year celebration "Empowering our …

Read more.

IFAD and PARM launching Warehousing Study in Sub-Saharan Africa in collaboration with AFD and CTA

Source: IFAD In late 2013, the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) issued a tender for a study to review the scope for warehouse receipt finance in Africa and help formulate policies and strategies for its expansion. The Platform for Agricultural Risk Management (PARM), funded by the European Commission, …

Read more.

Uganda Agricultural Risk Assessment Study - PARM

Read more.

PARM Results Factsheet – October 2015 (EN)

Read more.