next a brief description of major policy instruments directed to smallholders are described the agricultural and livestock insurance support programme facilitates access for producers of crops fruits and livestock to insurances related to climate risk or livestock diseases the insurance indemnifies the beneficiary up to two thirds of the insured annual production beneficiaries receive technical advice and financial support for their projects the main purpose of the technical training services sat is to provide small farmers with technical support in order to improve their productivity and their responsiveness to technical and climatic challenges the management and productive development services progyso aims to improve small farmers communication with both public and private sectors and to promote extension activities oecd b