in brazil the government introduced the family farming insurance seaf programme in to support loans made by the national programme for strengthening family farming pronaf in case of losses due to natural disasters pests and diseases that affect crops currently seaf covers costs and agricultural investment contracts where there are relevant agronomic studies available in case of losses the beneficiary farmer has percent coverage for credit repayment for that year and receives up to reais about us in compensation for any shortfall in revenues guarantee prices are fixed at the beginning of the crop cycle using production costs as reference as this price guarantee was designed to benefit poorer farmers the bonuses are currently limited to reais about us for funding contracts and up to reais about us for investment contracts