State supports agriculture insurance
Jul 29, 1999
By Kairi Kurm
TALLINN - After last year's poor harvest forced the government to pay 227 million kroons ($14.8 million) in compensation to 13,000 farmers, the Agriculture Ministry this year decided to focus on crop and livestock insurance instead.The idea of offering insurance to farmers came from the ASA Kindlustus company in 1997. "They started the research and worked out the system at the beginning of last year. At the end of last year the government started to think about it," said Olavi Petron, a speciali ...
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