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The Third International Workshop of Application of China's Agricultural Insurance of DelPHE Project was Held in Huhhot

July 23rd to 26th,2008 / Huhhot

The third international workshop of DelPHE project, "The Application of Crop Insurance to Alleviate Poverty and Promote Sustainable Agricultural Production in the Chinese Autonomous Region of Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang" was convened in Bin Yue hotel, Huhhot,Inner Mongolia from July 23rd to 26th, 2008. This workshop was joint-sponsored by the Department of International Cooperation of Ministry of Agriculture, P. R. China and U.K.Department for International Development (DFID) Beijing Offices, and organized by the Agricultural Information Institute of CAAS and Inner Mongolia Agricultural University. This international workshop is also an important activity under the arrangement of China-UK SDD and DelPHE international cooperation project.

The theme of this workshop was “Agricultural Insurance Products innovation, the pilot experience and institution building of China’s agricultural insurance”. About 50 people attended this workshop, including the officials, professors, researchers and graduate students from the Ministry of Agriculture of China, U.K. Department for International Development (DFID), Agricultural &Animal Husbandry Department of Inner Mongolia, CIRC Inner Mongolia Bureau, Agricultural Information Institute of CAAS, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Capital University of Economics and Business, Purdue University of U.S. and University of Manitoba of Canada, the Agricultural Economics Society of Inner Mongolia, Economic Research Institute of Inner Mongolia Academy of Social Science, PICC Inner Mongolia Branch, Anhua Agricultural Insurance company Inner Mongolia Branch, and China United Property Insurance Company Inner Mongolia Branch.

The Opening ceremony of workshop was hosted by Prof. Shiwei Xu, General Director of AII. Prof. Qiao Zhang,the leader coordinator, gave a brief introduction to the China-UK SDD and DelPHE ACIC Project. Then, Ms Guifeng Sui,the director of DIC of Ministry of Agriculture, Mr. Leo Horn, the delegate of DFID China, Mr. Zhongyi Yun, the vice director of Agricultural Husbandry Department of Inner Mongolia, Mr. Pengfei Zhi, General Director of CIRC Inner Mongolia Bureau and Mr. Chenxi Hou, the vice president of IMAU addressed to celebrate the progress of the project. After the opening ceremony, seven Professors and two managers of local insurance company gave their academic presentations. The topics of their presentations were:

“Crop Insurance Programs in the U.S.: Past, resent, and Future” —Prof. Holly Wang, Purdue University

“Approaches for Improving Crop Insurance Programs” —Prof. Milton Boyd，University of Manitoba

“The Flexible Crop Yield Distributions and Crop Insurance Premium Rate” —Prof. Qiao Zhang，Agricultural Information Institute of CAAS

“Crop Insurance Premiums & Government Subsidies” —Prof. Jeffrey Pai，University of Manitoba

“The Perplexities in the Pilot E Capital University of Economics and Business xperience of China’s Agricultural Insurance and Demand of the Institution” —Prof. Guozhu Tuo，Capital University of Economics and Business

“Development and experiences of crop insurance in Canada” —Prof. Yuanfeng Zhao，Inner Mongolia Agricultural University

“Public Private Partnerships in China’s Crop Insurance” —Associate Prof. Junsheng Zhu, Capital University of Economics and Business

“The development and implication of insurance in Inner Mongolia” —Mr. Ningmeng Wang, Manager of PICC Inner Mongolia Branch

“The Analysis of Construct Agricultural Risk Management System” —Mr. Yue Liu, Manager of Anhua Agricultural Company Inner Mongolia Branch

This workshop has achieved a big successful, and got reported by Inner Mongolia’s medias, such as NMTV and local newspaper.

The Third International Workshop of Application of China's Agricultural Insurance of DelPHE Project was Held in Huhhot

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