Tags: drought

ILRI News on drought

11 Oct 2019

Reflecting on success

One of the International Livestock Research Institute’s (ILRI’s) major success stories in recent years has been the development of an index-based livestock insurance program (IBLI) , which protects livestock keepers in drought-prone arid and semi-arid lands from climate-related losses. The program...

ILRI News

11 Oct 2019

David Aronson

Index-based livestock insurance: Reflecting on success

Sustainable livestock systems

31 Jul 2019

Judy Kimani

Linking research-for-development and community needs in the climate-smart livestock systems project

This blog was written by Lucy Njuguna, a Graduate Fellow with the Sustainable Livestock Systems Program. In development work, there is often concern that external interventions can impose unintended costs on communities, especially when there is little or no consultation with the communities on...

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Publications on drought

Journal Article

Published2019

Simulating rangeland ecosystems with G-range: Model description and evaluation at global and site scales

Journal Article

Published2019

Exploring improvements to the design of an operational seasonal forage scarcity index from NDVI time series for livestock insurance in East Africa

Journal Article

Published2019

Does the design matter? Comparing satellite-based indices for insuring pastoralists against drought

Brief

Published2019

Using mLearning to improve training retention: Lessons from Ethiopia

Poster

Published2019

Can asset transfer and asset protection policies alter poverty dynamics in northern Kenya?

Poster

Published2019

Identification of water use efficient Napier grass accessions using field drought stress

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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...