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Insurer to compensate livestock farmers

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Takaful Insurance will pay livestock farmers about Sh500,000 for losses incurred during the December to March dry season. The farmers, 30 women and 71 men from Wajir County, are the first to be compensated after they took up the Shariah compliant Index-Based Livestock Takaful (IBLT) cover in August 2013. Continue reading… By John Gachiri, Business daily … Continue reading →

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Index-based insurance: a pathway out of poverty?

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A recent workshop sought solutions to index insurance challenges. If the rains fail, a farmer can lose everything. With even the chance of a bad year, investing in new crop varieties and technologies might be too risky. Year after year, she’s caught in the trap of low production. Weather index-based insurance emerged at the beginning … Continue reading →

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IBLI seeks proposals for Graphic Design/Creative Materials

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The IBLI project announces a call for proposals  for Graphic design and development of creative materials that will be used for disseminating information on IBLI.  The graphic designer will be expected  to develop materials such as videos, pictorials, cartoons, songs, skits, etc. to help explain the IBLI product to partners and the target consumer – … Continue reading →

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IBLI project seeks proposals to build a web-based ICT system

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The IBLI project announces a call for proposals to help build a web-based interface with simulation capacity that will enable the automation of index-generating procedures; the automation of information dissemination across a range of output and format types; a facility for querying the system on historical index trends and other project-relevant data across program locations; … Continue reading →

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Scaling up IBLI in Isiolo (Kenya)

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27th July 2013 saw the successful launch of IBLI in Isiolo. APA Insurance, World Vision Kenya and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) have come together in a dedicated effort aimed at mitigating the effects of drought experienced by pastoralist communities in Isiolo as the two introduce an index-based insurance product using satellite-based data on … Continue reading →

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IBLI index color coded map for October 2012 – February 2013 insurance coverage period

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The pdf below provides a color coded map of the predicted mortality index in all 5 Marsabit divisions for October 2012 – February 2013 (Short Rain Short Dry, SRSD) insurance coverage period based on the data up to 5th March 2013, and also posts the index status at the previous 6 payment periods. IBLI Index … Continue reading →

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IBLI Index in Loiyangalani based on data up to 18 Feb 2013 – 5 Mar 2013

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The pdf below provides the update on the predicted livestock mortality index and the summary of the underlying data in Loiyangalani for October 2012 – February 2013 (Short Rain Short Dry, SRSD) insurance coverage period based on the data up to Tuesday, March 05, 2013. Loiyangalani.pdf Continue reading →

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IBLI Index in North Horr based on data up to 18 Feb 2013 – 5 Mar 2013

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The pdf below provides the update on the predicted livestock mortality index and the summary of the underlying data in North Horr for October 2012 – February 2013 (Short Rain Short Dry, SRSD) insurance coverage period based on the data up to Tuesday, March 05, 2013. North Horr.pdf Continue reading →