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Herders receive first drought insurance payouts in Kenya
As part of an innovative new scheme, 650 herders in northern Kenya received their first drought insurance payouts for the loss of thousands of cows, camels, goats and sheep on Friday. Up to a third of livestock in Marsabit District are estimated to have died during the current drought, which has affected over 13 million … Continue reading
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IBLI project leader Dr. Andrew Mude interviewed on CNBC Africa television: ‘Increase investments in the pastoral livelihood’
As hunger spreads among more than 12 million people in the Horn of Africa, a study by the International Livestock Research Institute of the response to Kenya’s last devastating drought, in 2008-2009, finds that investments aimed at increasing the mobility of livestock herders could be the key to averting future food crises in arid lands. … Continue reading
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Kenyan farmers may soon receive first drought payout
Farmers who signed up to a livestock insurance scheme could receive their first payments, after the worst drought in the region for 60 years Insurers will assess in October whether Kenyan farmers signed up to the index-based livestock insurance scheme will receive their first payment, after the worst drought in the region for 60 years. … Continue reading
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Kenya: Farmers may soon receive first drought payout
Nairobi — Insurers will assess in October whether Kenyan farmers signed up to the Index-Based Livestock Insurance scheme will receive their first payment, after the worst drought in the region for 60 years. The scheme, which has been piloted in northern Kenya since early 2010, uses freely-available satellite data to assess the state of pastures. … Continue reading
IBLI wins ICT Innovation Award
This week, we won a V2030 ICT Innovation Award from the Kenya ICT Board. The announcement said that the “Index-based livestock insurance (IBLI) is a promising and exciting innovation in insurance design that allows the risk-management benefits of insurance to be made available to poor and remote clients. The IBLI product being piloted in Marsabit … Continue reading
Making the case for index-based livestock insurance in Kenya
This week, ILRI’s Andrew Mude introduced an index-based livestock insurance scheme at the ‘Future of Pastoralism in Africa’ Conference. This initiative has been instituted, in partnership with UAP Insurance and Equity Bank, for pastoral herders in Marsabit District, in northern Kenya’s great drylands. This is the first insurance ever offered the Samburu, Gabra, Rendille, Borana, … Continue reading
IBLI Index / Insurance / Kenya / North Horr
IBLI Index in North Horr based on data up to 16 January 2011
This page provides the update on the predicted livestock mortality index and the summary of the underlying data in North Horr for October 2010 – February 2011 (Short Rain Short Dry,SRSD) insurance coverage period based on the data up to 1-16 Jan. For information on the definition of these variables, see Livestock Mortality Index. Continue reading
IBLI Index / Insurance / Kenya / Loiyangalani
IBLI Index in Loiyangalani based on data up to 16 January 2011
This page provides the update on the predicted livestock mortality index and the summary of the underlying data in Loiyangalani for October 2010 – February 2011 (Short Rain Short Dry, SRSD) insurance coverage period based on the data up to 1-16 Jan. For information on the definition of these variables, see Livestock Mortality Index. Continue reading
IBLI Index / Insurance / Kenya / Maikona
IBLI Index in Maikona based on data up to 16 January 2011
This page provides the update on the predicted livestock mortality index and the summary of the underlying data in Maikona for October 2010 – February 2011 (Short Rain Short Dry, SRSD)insurance coverage period based on the data up to 1-16 Jan. For information on the definition of these variables, see Livestock Mortality Index. Continue reading
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