Nepal Insurance Board introduced micro-insurance products

• Non life insurance companies will offer insurance products for paddy, vegetables,potato,poultry, fruits and livestock 
• " Crops insurance will cover production cost involved in farming of all crops and horticulture until the time they are ready for harvest. This includes cost involved in purchase of seedlings and fertilizers, and labor charge, among others. However, insurance coverage will not be provided in case plantations are done on less than eight aanas (2,738 sq ft) of land in hilly region and one kattha (3,645 sq ft) of land in the Terai"
• "On the other hand, livestock and poultry insurance will provide coverage to all types of cows, oxen, buffalos, yak, female yak, sheep, goat, swine, chicken and ducks based on sum insured fixed by the Insurance Board.
  
  For instance, maximum sum insured for high-breed dairy cow and buffalo are Rs 150,000 and Rs 125,000, respectively. This means those who have purchased cow and buffalo insurance policies cannot claim for more than Rs 150,000 and Rs 125,000, respectively. Similarly, sum insured for water buffalo and ox raised for reproductive purpose has been fixed at Rs 70,000, while insurance coverage for water buffalos and oxen used for transportation purpose has been fixed Rs 40,000.
  
  Likewise, sum insured for sheep and goat raised for meat production cannot exceed Rs 8,000, while maximum insurance coverage for different types of chicken and duck have been fixed at Rs 1,200 and Rs 700, respectively."

Source: Republica*