Camels mean cash in Kenya. But severe drought routinely kills off livestock, and families go bankrupt, unless they have an innovative insurance plan. Brenda Wandera’s iPhone buzzes in her lap. A text message has made its way through the blurry heat of Kenya’s Chalbi Desert, and it changes her next move. “As soon as we get … Continue reading
Marsabit District — The first thing that hits a visitor to Ginda village in northern Kenya is the smell. Farmer Haro Sora’s land is littered with the carcasses of cattle and donkeys that have collapsed following an intense, prolonged drought. A skull here; half a ribcage there. In some places there are whole animals slumped … Continue reading
Laurie Goering, a reporter for AlertNet writing from the United Nations climate change meetings in Durban this week, says that pioneering insurance projects are giving remote pastoral livestock herders a way to reduce the risks they face from a changing climate that presents recurring, dramatically severe, droughts. ‘Equipping illiterate migratory herders with drought insurance in one … Continue reading
DURBAN, South Africa (AlertNet) – Equipping illiterate migratory herders with drought insurance in one of the driest regions of drought-prone East Africa might seem a big task, particularly in a region where claims adjustors, cell phone coverage and cash to pay for policies are nearly as rare as rain itself. But a range of such … Continue reading
The pdf below provides a color coded map of the predicted mortality index in all 5 Marsabit divisions based on the data up to 14-29 Sep 2011, and also posts the index status at the previous 6 potential payment periods. 5IndexAreaMarsabit.pdf Continue reading
The pdf below provides the update on the predicted livestock mortality index and the summary of the underlying data in North Horr for March – September 2011 (Long Rain Long Dry, LRLD) insurance coverage period based on the data up to Thursday, September 29, 2011. North Horr.pdf Continue reading
The pdf below provides the update on the predicted livestock mortality index and the summary of the underlying data in Maikona for March – September 2011 (Long Rain Long Dry, LRLD) insurance coverage period based on the data up to Thursday, September 29, 2011. Maikona.pdf Continue reading
The pdf below provides the update on the predicted livestock mortality index and the summary of the underlying data in Loiyangalani for March – September 2011 (Long Rain Long Dry, LRLD) insurance coverage period based on the data up to Thursday, September 29, 2011. Loiyangalani.pdf Continue reading
The pdf below provides the update on the predicted livestock mortality index and the summary of the underlying data in Laisamis for March – September 2011 (Long Rain Long Dry, LRLD) insurance coverage period based on the data up to Thursday, September 29, 2011. Laisamis.pdf Continue reading
The pdf below provides the update on the predicted livestock mortality index and the summary of the underlying data in Central and Gadamoji for March – September 2011 (Long Rain Long Dry, LRLD) insurance coverage period based on the data up to Thursday, September 29, 2011. Central and Gadamoji.pdf Continue reading
Index-Based Livestock Insurance 