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ILRI News on drought

26 Nov 2020

Assessing the impacts of natural disasters and emerging and re-emerging livestock diseases on Ethiopia’s livestock sector

In Ethiopia, livestock is key in ensuring food security, generating rural income and employment, and contributing to national economic growth through foreign exchange earnings. But its contribution to the national economy remains low mainly due to among other challenges, natural disasters such as...

Saba ErmyasCommunications Officer

ILRI News

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...

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Publications on drought

Report

Published2021

A regional approach to drought index-insurance in Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) countries—Operational and technical feasibility assessment

Brochure

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

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

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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

Towards clearer One Health policies in eastern Africa: Interview with HEAL Project interim regional manager

Assessing the impacts of natural disasters and emerging and re-emerging livestock diseases on Ethiopia’s livestock sector

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

Publications on drought

A regional approach to drought index-insurance in Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) countries—Operational and technical feasibility assessment

Feed and forage development program drought stress in tropical forages

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

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

ILRI Projects on drought

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