Category Archives: Africa

Gamification and mLearning, effective pedagogic tools in livestock insurance
Africa / Capacity Strengthening / CapDev / CCAFS / Countries / Drylands / DRYLANDSCRP / East Africa / Ethiopia / IBLI / ILRI / Insurance / Kenya / Livestock / Pastoralism / SLS

Gamification and mLearning, effective pedagogic tools in livestock insurance

Posted on by • Leave a comment

Despite numerous training programs delivered by governmental and non-government organizations in the arid and semi-arid land areas of Kenya and Ethiopia, little research has focused what forms of training are most effective and with which audiences. It is generally believed that mobile learning will be an effective pedagogic tool, given the high levels of mobile phone penetration in Kenya and the need to reinforce knowledge classroom-acquired knowledge through repetition over time. Continue reading →

Capacity development in the Index-Based Livestock Insurance project
Africa / Capacity Strengthening / CapDev / CCAFS / Drylands / DRYLANDSCRP / East Africa / Ethiopia / IBLI / ILRI / Insurance / Kenya / Livestock / Pastoralism / SLS

Capacity development in the Index-Based Livestock Insurance project

Posted on by • Leave a comment

Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) is the world’s first index-based insurance designed to protect vulnerable pastoralists in drought-stricken areas from losing their primary asset—livestock. First developed by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) to insure pastoralists in Kenya and Ethiopia, this specialized insurance product has had a considerable impact on the asset base and consumption activities of its intended beneficiaries—nomadic populations living in an expansive area. Continue reading →

Africa / Climate Change / DRYLANDSCRP / East Africa / Ethiopia / IBLI / ILRI / Insurance / Livestock / SLS

Oromia Insurance offers new coverage for vulnerable livestock in Ethiopia

Posted on by • Leave a comment

IBLI is highlighted this week in Ethiopia’s weekly, English Newspaper Addis Fortune. It describes Oromia Insurance Company (OIC)’s efforts to insure livestock in the country through the index-based insurance scheme which compensates pastoralists for forage scarcity in order to keep their animals alive in times of severe drought. Continue reading →

Africa / CCAFS / DRYLANDSCRP / East Africa / Ethiopia / IBLI / Impact Assessment / Insurance / Kenya / Livestock / Pastoralism / SLS

The favourable impacts of Index-Based Livestock Insurance: Evaluation results from Ethiopia and Kenya

Posted on by • Leave a comment

A new research brief by ILRI demonstrates that index insurance shows considerable promise, especially in settings where conventional insurance to cover potentially catastrophic herd losses does not exist. Continue reading →

Africa / CCAFS / Drylands / DRYLANDSCRP / East Africa / Ethiopia / ILRI / Insurance / Kenya / Livestock / SLS

New study proves index based insurance can work for rural poor on large scale

Posted on by • Leave a comment

The new study, carried out by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and the International Center for Climate and Society (IRI) at Columbia University showcases projects that have overcome many of the challenges that have previously hindered the uptake of index-based insurance. Continue reading →