Food prize puts Kenyan researcher on global map—Kenya’s ‘Business Daily’ newspaper

Posted on September 2, 2016 by IBLI Africa • Leave a comment

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Andrew Mude (picture credit: Business Daily) Even with the Tuesday announcement that he had won the award, Andrew Mude, who holds a doctorate in economics, remains a modest man committed to resolving the dilemma that pastoral communities, especially in northern Kenya, have endured for decades. ‘When he was named winner…

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Kenyan economist Andrew Mude wins the 2016 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application

Posted on August 31, 2016 by IBLI Africa • Leave a comment

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Andrew Mude, a principal research scientist at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), in Nairobi, Kenya, was yesterday named the 5th recipient of a prestigious award for his work in providing insurance to livestock herders in East Africa’s drylands through innovative, state-of-the-art technologies. It was announced yesterday (30 Aug 2016) in Nairobi, Kenya, that Andrew…

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IBLI featured in Feed the Future innovation lab brief

Posted on June 30, 2016 by IBLI Africa • 1 Comment

As a BASIS beneficiary, the Index Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) transition from an asset replacement to an asset protection contract has been featured as a case study in a recent BASIS brief. Continue reading →

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RESULTS UK policy report features lessons from IBLI

Posted on May 12, 2016 by IBLI Africa • Leave a comment

A new policy report published by RESULTS UK this week, highlights the Index Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) Program in Kenya, as one of the initiatives that are successfully reaching vulnerable people with climate risk insurance in developing countries. Continue reading →

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Kenya lost USD 12 billion to drought in three years

Posted on May 3, 2016 by IBLI Africa • 1 Comment

Kenya’s economy lost an estimated Ksh 1.2 trillion (USD 12 billion) due to the effects of drought between 2008 and 2011. According to an article in Kenya’s Standard (28 April 2016), more than 13 million people were affected in 2011 by a combination of drought, conflict and economic crisis. The article quoted International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) research … Continue reading →

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Index Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI), E-learning Course Launch

Posted on April 21, 2016 by IBLI Africa • 1 Comment

Are you interested in knowing just how Index Based Livestock Insurance works? Lessons on IBLI and the Asset Protection Contract are now just a click away! You can easily access your IBLI lessons from ILRI’s e-Learning portal http://learning.ilri.org/. The IBLI e-Learning course was launched on the 22nd of March 2016 at the International Livestock Research … Continue reading →

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Insurance helps Kenyan livestock herders cope with drought

Posted on April 18, 2016 by IBLI Africa • Leave a comment

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A women receives her insurance payout (photo credit: Jeff Haskins). ‘The index-based insurance program is run by the Kenya-based International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), and funded by the British, U.S. and Australian governments and the European Union. The donors subsidize the cover to make it affordable for pastoralists. ‘A range…

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The drivers of index-based livestock insurance demand in southern Ethiopia

Posted on March 30, 2016 by IBLI Africa • 1 Comment

Read the latest post in the Economics That Really Matters blog that details the findings of a paper written by Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) Project researchers, which examines and identifies the constraints that hinder the demand of index insurance in southern Ethiopia. Continue reading →

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IBLI case study wins ‘Outstanding New Case Writer’ award

Posted on February 29, 2016 by IBLI Africa • 3 Comments

A case study based on the IBLI project, entitled ‘Using satellite data to insure livestock: IBLI and the development of the world’s first insurance for African pastoralists’, has won the ‘Outstanding New Case Writer’ award given by The Case Study Centre. Continue reading →

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IBLI Marsabit household survey round five data now available

Posted on February 25, 2016 by IBLI Africa • Leave a comment

Are you a researcher, student, or simply a curious mind? Do you want to explore the specifics of how Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) affects households in northern Kenya? If so, check out the Marsabit household survey round five data that became public today…click here Continue reading →