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From the Ted Talk by Rose Goslinga: Crop insurance, an idea worth seeding

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Now, traditional insurance doesn't work with two to three Euros of premium, because traditional insurance relies on farm visits. A farmer here in gmanery would be visited for the start of the season, halfway through, and at the end, and again if there was a loss, to estimate the daaegms. For a small-scale fraemr in the middle of Africa, the maths of doing those visits simply don't add up. So instead, we rely on thgnlecooy and data. This satellite mersaues whether there were clouds or not, because think about it: If there are cuolds, then you might have some rain, but if there are no clouds, then it's actually isobilmpse for it to rain. These images show the onset of the rians this saeson in Kenya. You see that around March 6, the clouds move in and then disappear, and then around the March 11, the clouds really move in. That, and those clouds, were the onest of the rains this year. This satellite covers the whole of Africa and goes back as far as 1984, and that's important, because if you know how many times a place has had a drought in the last 30 years, you can make a pretty good eimttase what the chances are of drought in the future, and that means that you can put a price tag on the risk of drought.

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Now, traditional insurance doesn't work with two to three Euros of premium, because traditional insurance relies on farm visits. A farmer here in _______ would be visited for the start of the season, halfway through, and at the end, and again if there was a loss, to estimate the _______. For a small-scale ______ in the middle of Africa, the maths of doing those visits simply don't add up. So instead, we rely on __________ and data. This satellite ________ whether there were clouds or not, because think about it: If there are ______, then you might have some rain, but if there are no clouds, then it's actually __________ for it to rain. These images show the onset of the _____ this ______ in Kenya. You see that around March 6, the clouds move in and then disappear, and then around the March 11, the clouds really move in. That, and those clouds, were the _____ of the rains this year. This satellite covers the whole of Africa and goes back as far as 1984, and that's important, because if you know how many times a place has had a drought in the last 30 years, you can make a pretty good ________ what the chances are of drought in the future, and that means that you can put a price tag on the risk of drought.

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Original Text

Now, traditional insurance doesn't work with two to three Euros of premium, because traditional insurance relies on farm visits. A farmer here in Germany would be visited for the start of the season, halfway through, and at the end, and again if there was a loss, to estimate the damages. For a small-scale farmer in the middle of Africa, the maths of doing those visits simply don't add up. So instead, we rely on technology and data. This satellite measures whether there were clouds or not, because think about it: If there are clouds, then you might have some rain, but if there are no clouds, then it's actually impossible for it to rain. These images show the onset of the rains this season in Kenya. You see that around March 6, the clouds move in and then disappear, and then around the March 11, the clouds really move in. That, and those clouds, were the onset of the rains this year. This satellite covers the whole of Africa and goes back as far as 1984, and that's important, because if you know how many times a place has had a drought in the last 30 years, you can make a pretty good estimate what the chances are of drought in the future, and that means that you can put a price tag on the risk of drought.

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