Published by the Forum for Agricultural Risk Management in Development (FARM-D). The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the weaknesses in our agri-food system. Many agricultural small and medium-sized enterprises (agri-SMEs) are suffering from disruptions in supply chains and from cash flow issues. Because of their limited capital to make investments to strengthen their resilience, these agri-SMEs may not be that attractive for financial service providers (FSPs). The FSPs would have an increased risk in their agriculture loan portfolios. Throughout 2020, the ILO’s Impact Insurance Facility joined a series of e-learning “Live Talks”, jointly organized with the Smallholder and agri-SME Finance and Investment Network (SAFIN) and the Platform for Agricultural Risk Management and co-hosted by SAFIN and the Forum for Agricultural Risk Management in Development. The goal of this series was to have a closer look at the existing range of agricultural risk management tools that can be used by agri-SMEs to address the current