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WELFARE IMPACTS OF INDEX INSURANCE IN THE PRESENCE OF A POVERTY TRAP
This paper evaluates the effectiveness of an index-based livestock insurance (IBLI)
product designed to compensate for area average predicted livestock mortality loss in
northern Kenya, where previous work has established ...
Novel insurance program offers hope for livestock keepers in drought-prone East Africa
News brief on Novel insurance program offers hope for livestock keepers in drought-prone East Africa
Katharine Downie on measuring resilience in drylands of East Africa
Katharine Downie, Coordinator for the Technical Consortium for Building
Resilience in the Horn of Africa, ILRI, at the side event, “Measuring and
Evaluating Resilience in Drylands of East Africa”. IFPRI 2020 conference ...
An Applied Information Economics Approach to Assessing Resilience in the Horn of Africa
Presentation of An Applied Information Economics Approach to Assessing Resilience in the Horn of Africa
Rangelands: Conservation and “Land Grabbing” in Rangelands: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?
Largescale
land acquisitions have increased in scale and pace due to changes in commodity markets, agricultural investment strategies, land
prices, and a range of other policy and market forces. The areas most affected are ...
Mohamed Said on measuring resilience in drylands of East Africa
Mohamed Said, Scientist, ILRI, at the side event, “Measuring and Evaluating
Resilience in Drylands of East Africa.” IFPRI 2020 conference on Building
Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security, May 1517,
2014, Addis Ababa, ...
Participatory mapping of livestock routes in Samburu county, Kenya
In November 2014, a workshop was held in Samburu, Kenya, to carry out an exercise on participatory mapping
of livestock routes in the county. This workshop attracted 54 participants representing different stakeholders
including ...
Lance Robinson on measuring resilience in drylands of East Africa
Lance Robinson, Governance and Resilience Scientist, ILRI, at the side event,
“Measuring and Evaluating Resilience in Drylands of East Africa.”; IFPRI 2020
conference on Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security, ...
Technical Consortium for Building Resilience in the Horn of Africa
Presentation of Technical Consortium for Building Resilience in the Horn of Africa
Spatial variation in the willingness to accept payment for conservation of a migratory wildlife corridor in the Athi-‐Kaputiei Plains, Kenya.
Payments
for
ecosystem
services
(PES)
are
increasingly
being
used
as
a
tool
to
promote
sustainable
ecosystem
services.
The
success
of
PES
depends
on
the
willingness
of
target
landowners
to
accept
the
payments.
In
particu ...