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ILRI News on resilience

After 10 years in Kenya and Ethiopia, are we ready to scale up livestock insurance in the Horn of Africa?

Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) programs in East Africa have thus far had limited success. A new ILRI study finds that future initiatives should embrace a number of lessons learned if they wish to achieve scale and financial sustainability. It’s not a secret – for millions of people,...

Felix LungDisaster risk finance consultant

‘Genomic time travel’ for better African cattle—New paper describes a ‘rich mosaic of traits’ and an ‘evolutionary jolt’

Scientists from ILRI, Korea and other partners have discovered a new set of genetic markers in African cattle that signal beneficial characteristics, with a view to harnessing them for future generations. ‘In a multi-national collaborative effort, scientists have announced the discovery of a new...

Susan MacMillanILRI Emeritus Fellow

Publications on resilience

Published2021

Ethiopian dairy cooperatives use irrigation for forage production, increasing farmers’ incomes and resilience

Published2021

Summary of 3rd webinar on Securing Tenure Rights for Forest Dependent Communities: A global comparative study of design and implementation of tenure reform, 9 March 2021

Published2021

Building financial resilience in pastoral communities in Africa: Lessons learned from implementing the Kenya Livestock Insurance Program (KLIP)

Published2020

Restoration of degraded land for food security and poverty reduction in East Africa and the Sahel. Summary of 2nd Webinar in the Land Tenure and Governance Webinar series, 13 October 2020

Published2020

Big data in resilience-building of rangeland communities

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