DeRisking coffee in the Central Highlands: Piloting a coffee climate protection insurance for farmers and agribusinesses

The DeRISK Southeast Asia project, together with the Atlantic Commodities Vietnam Ltd (ECOM) Sustainable Management Services, is enabling smallholder coffee farmers in the Central Highlands of Vietnam to better manage climate risks. This includes the translation of seasonal forecasts into usable agro-advisories, coupled with an integrated risk management approach in the form of index-based insurance for drought, excess rainfall, and temperature. Climate is a significant driver of coffee yield and quality of beans, thus, having a significant effect on farmers’ income.