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ILRI News on drought

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

Publications on drought

Published2021

Feed and forage development program drought stress in tropical forages

Journal Article

Published2021

Physiological and transcriptional response to drought stress among bioenergy grass Miscanthus species

Published2020

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

Published2020

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

Published2020

Rangeland health for One Health: Rangeland management assessment and foresight

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ILRI Projects on drought

Active

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...