DIRISHA project final report shows potential of crowdsourced data for drought early warning
Risk Resilience
Risks and their impacts on pastoralist livelihoods
At the ‘Building the Resilience and Prosperity of Pastoralists and Dryland Communities’ dialogue, we explored shocks facing pastoralist communities
Designing livestock insurance subsidy programmes in Ethiopia’s drylands
Xandru Cassar introduces the significance of his research on livestock insurance
Examining the long term impacts of catastrophic drought insurance
Nathan Jensen presented research on the long term impacts of drought insurance on pastoral households in Kenya and Ethiopia
How compounding shocks impact food security and resilience
An update on our research with Cornell University on household outcomes in the face of multiple shocks
Escaping dryland poverty traps and unlocking prosperity: Lessons from Index-Based Livestock Insurance
How index-based livestock insurance scaled from a small pilot project in Kenya to a design that underpins drought risk management products and policies across Africa.
De-risking, financial security and safety nets for more resilient dryland communities
How dryland communities can de-risk their livelihoods in the face of droughts was the focus of an Observatory dialogue
Livestock insurance for East Africa pastoralists a long term focus of ILRI
This post introduces regional opportunities to scale out index-based livestock insurance (IBLI) in the Horn of Africa
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