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

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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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Livestock insurance, a cash cow?

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In an article published on 2 March 2015 in Reactions magazine online, Victoria Beckett reports that ‘[r]ecent technology has allowed satellite imagery to assess weather damage’ and [o]ver the last few years “index-based livestock insurance (IBLI)” has provided insured pastoralists across Africa with a pay-out in times of drought, based on predicted rather than actual livestock deaths.’ Continue reading →

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New insurance scheme protects Kenyan farmers

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A new insurance programme in northern Kenya is helping farmers protect their livelihoods in dry seasons. Farmers who contribute to the scheme will be given payments should their livestock die. The initiative has already been linked to 33 per cent drop in food aid needed in the area. Al Jazeera’s Caroline Malone reports. Watch the … Continue reading →

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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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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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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 →

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IBLI Index in Laisamis 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 Laisamis for October 2012 – February 2013 (Short Rain Short Dry, SRSD) insurance coverage period based on the data up to Tuesday, March 05, 2013. Laisamis.pdf Continue reading →

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IBLI Index in Maikona 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 Maikona for October 2012 – February 2013 (Short Rain Short Dry, SRSD) insurance coverage period based on the data up to Tuesday, March 05, 2013. Maikona.pdf Continue reading →