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

Poster

Published2019

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

Journal Article

Published2018

Using biotechnology-led approaches to uplift cereal and food legume yields in dryland environments

Report

Published2018

Pre-feasibility study for Index-Based Livestock Insurance in Niger

Brief

Published2018

A business strategy for the distribution of Index-Based Livestock Insurance to urban professionals–Insights from Kenya

Journal Article

Published2018

Impacts of droughts and extreme-temperature events on gross primary production and ecosystem respiration: A systematic assessment across ecosystems and climate zones

Presentation

Published2018

Climate change and herd management adaptation strategies

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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...