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Using satellite data to insure camels, cows, sheep and goats: IBLI and the development of the world’s first insurance for African pastoralists
This sample size was distributed across the 16 sub-locations in Marsabit on the basis proportional allocation using
the 1999 household population census statistics. There were only two exceptions to this rule: a minimum ...
Trends and spatial variation in water and land footprints of meat and milk production systems in Kenya
Global consumption of livestock products is increasing steadily due to human population growth, poverty
reduction and dietary changes raising the demand for already scarce freshwater and land resources. Here,
we analyze ...
The favourable impacts of Index-Based Livestock Insurance: Evaluation results from Ethiopia and Kenya
The Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) product
leverages the strong correlation between a remotely
sensed vegetation index and livestock losses associated
with forage shortages to offer insurance coverage to
pastoralists ...
Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI)–Lessons in extension and outreach: A case of Wajir County
Institute (ILRI), with many partners, has pursued a substantial
research for development program to design, develop and
implement market-mediated, index-based insurance products
that protect livestock keepers in arid and ...
Enclosures in West Pokot, Kenya - Transforming land, livestock and livelihoods in drylands
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populations and associated pressure on water and land. Based on a combination of social and natural science
methods, we studied a 30-year transformation process from pastoralism to a livestock-based agro-pastoral system
in ...
CRP Dryland Systems - ILRI - 2015 Technical and Financial Report - Final
From 2012, the development of a cutting-edge econometric response model by the IBLI team at ILRI enabled expansion into new areas by identifying the relationship between the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) ...