Author Archives: Dorine Odongo

Towards a robust national livestock market information system: Stakeholders convene to chart way forward
East Africa / event / Kenya / Livestock / Markets / Pastoralism / Resilience / Vulnerability

Towards a robust national livestock market information system: Stakeholders convene to chart way forward

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Originally posted on Sustainable livestock systems:
Participants at the stakeholders’ workshop on livestock market information system held on 11 July 2017 in Naivasha, Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/Dorine Odongo) Access to accurate and timely market information among pastoralist livestock producers and market actors is a perennial concern, even more so following the immense emphasis and efforts…

DRYLANDSCRP / East Africa / IBLI / ILRI / Insurance / Kenya / Livestock / SLS

Index-based insurance: Insurance or lottery tickets?

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Recently, there has been much excitement around the use of index-based insurance as an alternative to conventional insurance products that may extend the rural poor’s access to formal insurance coverage in developing countries. Index insurance provides indemnity payments based on a signal that is related to covariate losses rather than actual and observed individual losses. Continue reading →

Academic workshop: Mobile Pastoralism, Index Insurance, Computational Sustainability and Policy Innovations for the Arid and Semi-arid Lands of East Africa
DRYLANDSCRP / East Africa / IBLI / Insurance / Kenya / Livestock / Pastoralism / SLS

Academic workshop: Mobile Pastoralism, Index Insurance, Computational Sustainability and Policy Innovations for the Arid and Semi-arid Lands of East Africa

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This workshop was held on June 10 and 11 2015 , at the John Vercoe (JVC) Auditorium International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Nairobi, Kenya The Academic Workshop provided a forum to showcase the research work that is ongoing in and around IBLI on behavior and welfare and drivers of change that affect the pastoral community … Continue reading →

Policy Workshop: Developing Policy Innovations for the Pastoralist Rangelands through Cross-Sector Partnerships
DRYLANDSCRP / East Africa / event / ILRI / Insurance / Kenya / SLS

Policy Workshop: Developing Policy Innovations for the Pastoralist Rangelands through Cross-Sector Partnerships

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The Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) program represents a fruitful cross-sector partnership, bringing together academic researchers, policymakers, private sector partners, NGOs and other stakeholders to develop an innovation to improve livelihoods on the pastoralist rangelands of East Africa. How will this innovative partnership continue to evolve as IBLI looks to scale, and what possibilities are there … Continue reading →

event / IBLI / Kenya / SLS

IBLI receives high level visitations from its collaborators in the USA, Europe and Australia

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The Index Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) team had a very exciting week from the 1 to 5 July 2014 with two talks by Prof. Chris Barret and presentations by Russell Toth and Anton Vrieling. Russel Toth, an Assistant Professor in the School of Economics at the University of Sydney, Australia, gave a presentation on ‘Productive … Continue reading →

Mifugo Maisha Payouts in Marsabit and Isiolo
event / IBLI / Insurance / Kenya / Pastoralism

Mifugo Maisha Payouts in Marsabit and Isiolo

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In March 2014, policyholders in 4 out of 6 divisions of Isiolo received payouts of approximately Kenya shillings 404,240. The bulk of the payout went to 10% trigger contract policyholders in Oldonyiro division. In Marsabit, policyholders received payouts amounting to Kenya shillings 65,940 in North Horr and Loiyangalani. The majority of payouts went to those … Continue reading →

Insurance Payout in Wajir County with Takaful Insurance of Africa
DRYLANDSCRP / East Africa / event / IBLI / ILRI / Insurance / Kenya / Pastoralism / SLS

Insurance Payout in Wajir County with Takaful Insurance of Africa

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On 25 March 2014, one hundred and one pastoralists in Wajir town received compensation from their ‘sharia–compliant’ IBLI policy. The ceremony, which was hosted by Takaful Insurance of Africa and MercyCorps, received considerable media attention across a range of outlets, both national and international including the (BBC, Al-Jazeera, and The Economist to name a few). … Continue reading →