This document summarises the work and main results of the agricultural pilot case study in the PIISA project. When developing insurance solutions to strengthen climate adaptation, agriculture is a critical focus area because it is among the sectors most exposed to climate variability and extremes, while simultaneously exhibiting one of the largest insurance gaps, driven by high climate risk, affordability constraints, and the limited suitability of existing indemnity-based products. Within PIISA, piloting work also includes the development of related climate services, and the agricultural pilot contributes to this objective by assessing how climate services can facilitate the design and uptake of index-based insurance solutions. The activities reported in this document include farmer surveys on climate risks, adaptation, and insurance gaps in three pilot locations; participatory workshops to elicit farmer-defined risk thresholds and needs; and the preliminary design of an index-based insurance (IbI) concept for olive cultivation in Andalucía, supported by seasonal forecasts of climate indicators and historical validation. Results of climate services developed for pilots, including agriculture, are reported in Deliverable 2.3 “Climate Services on insurance options and adaptation alternatives for citizens” (Trentini et al. 2026). Together, these activities illustrate how the Food and Agriculture pilot translates project-level objectives and KPIs into concrete, sector-specific applications for climate resilience in agriculture.
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