The study focused on the role of crop insurance in the production of rice in Rwanda: a case study of Duhuzimbaraga Kilimbi-Macuba Cooperative, Nyamasheke District. The specific objectives were to examine the extent to which farmers from rice cooperatives respond to agricultural crop insurance; to determine the advantage of rice crop insurance to farmers; and to evaluate the effects of different coverage and subsidy levels on inputs used, certainty equivalents, indemnity payments, and premiums; and production of rice in Rwanda. The study used qualitative and quantitative approaches. The targeted population was 472 farmers, while the sample size was 170 smallholder rice farmers from the Duhuzimbaraga Kilimbi-Macuba rice cooperative. Data were collected using questionnaires and interviews. Data were analyzed using SPSS IBM 23.0 version with descriptive statistical methods. Findings stated that there's a significant and positive moderate correlation between Indemnity-based insurance and the Production of Rice as Pearson correlation confirmed (r= .413** with a p-value of 0.000 < 0.01); however, out of taking into consideration different factors which have an effect on Production of Rice on farmers, only Indemnity-based insurance in crop insurance has a great robust effect of 41.3% for Production of Rice on farmers in Nyamasheke District. Findings additionally revealed that there is a huge and moderate correlation between Index-based insurance and the Production of Rice by farmers, with (r=.291**; p-value of 0.000 <0.01); this shows that out of the taken into consideration various factors that influence the Production of Rice on farmers, only Index-based insurance in crop insurance has a massive and vigorous effect of 29.1% of Production of Rice on farmers in Nyamasheke District. Generally, the outcomes confirmed that there is a significant and positive strong correlation between Crop Insurance and the Production of Rice among farmers in Nyamasheke District as Pearson correlation confirmed (r= .550** with p-value of 0.000 < 0.01); this designates that out of consideration other elements affecting production of rice, crop insurance has an extensive and strong effect of 55.0% for Production of Rice on farmers in Nyamasheke District.
Key Words: crop insurance, production of rice, cooperative, Advantages