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ILRI News on drought

19 Aug 2020

ILRI launches new drought index insurance for resilience in the Sahel and Horn of Africa project

Camels carrying salt harvested in Afar, Ethiopia. A new drought index-insurance for resilience project is focusing on pastoral systems in the Sahel and Horn of Africa (photo credit:ILRI/ Fiona Flintan). In the Sahel and the Horn of Africa, livestock provide a source of livelihood for millions of...

Sarah KasyokaCommunications and Knowledge Management Specialist

Sustainable livestock systems

01 Feb 2020

Role of pastoralist social networks in coping with crises: lessons from food aid interventions in Ethiopia

Originally published on the website of the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions and Markets. For many humanitarian and development actors, a household is presumed to represent the most appropriate social unit for aid delivery. However, pastoralist family groupings are far more complex...

Sarah KasyokaCommunications and Knowledge Management Specialist

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Publications on drought

Manual

Published2020

Participatory rangeland management toolkit for Kenya, Tool 3-2: Inter-community stock route and rangeland resource mapping

Manual

Published2020

Participatory rangeland management toolkit for Kenya, Tool 3-3: Negotiating reciprocal grazing agreements

Report

Published2020

Rangeland health for One Health: Rangeland management assessment and foresight

Report

Published2020

Pre-feasibility study for an index-based livestock insurance product in Meyumuluke woreda, East Hararghe, Ethiopia

Presentation

Published2020

Mapping as a tool for filling data gaps in grasslands and savannahs

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ILRI Projects on drought

Developing and piloting index based livestock insurance to reduce poverty and vulnerability

In collaboration with various partners, ILRI has pursued a comprehensive research agenda aimed at designing, developing and implementing market mediated index-based insurance products to protect livestock keepers from drought related asset losses they face, particularly those in the drought prone...

International Livestock Research Institute

Tags: drought

ILRI News on drought

ILRI launches new drought index insurance for resilience in the Sahel and Horn of Africa project

New project to improve agricultural productivity in Zimbabwe

Role of pastoralist social networks in coping with crises: lessons from food aid interventions in Ethiopia

Publications on drought

Participatory rangeland management toolkit for Kenya, Tool 3-2: Inter-community stock route and rangeland resource mapping

Participatory rangeland management toolkit for Kenya, Tool 3-3: Negotiating reciprocal grazing agreements

Gender and One Health context analysis for HEAL

Rangeland health for One Health: Rangeland management assessment and foresight

Pre-feasibility study for an index-based livestock insurance product in Meyumuluke woreda, East Hararghe, Ethiopia

Mapping as a tool for filling data gaps in grasslands and savannahs

ILRI Projects on drought

Developing and piloting index based livestock insurance to reduce poverty and vulnerability