Category Archives: Vulnerability

Under vulnerability, we work to identify livestock interventions that reduce the vulnerability of livestock dependent households. We also aim to better understand relations between livestock systems and other ecosystem services.

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Livestock insurance helps herders to protect livestock

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In Kenya, the value of the pastoral livestock sector is estimated to be worth 800 million U.S. dollars Livestock insurance scheme developed by pastoralists in partnership with the Nairobi-based International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is helping Kenyan herders to protect their marketable assets. The new book on markets development for African small holder farmers published … Continue reading →

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Insuring livestock in Kenya, via satellite

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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 →

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Herders receive first drought insurance payouts in Kenya

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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’

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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

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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

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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 →