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The performance of index based livestock insurance: ex ante assessment in the presence of a poverty trap

Manuals & Guidelines
November, 2009
Kenya, Eastern Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
poverty
pastoral lands
rangelands
pastoralists
This paper evaluates the effectiveness of a new index-based livestock insurance (IBLI)

product designed to compensate for area average predicted livestock mortality loss in

northern Kenya, where previous work has established the presence of poverty traps. We

simulate household-specific wealth dynamics based on a model parameterized using rich

panel and experimental data from the region. The simulations allow us to investigate

patterns of willingness to pay for asset index insurance that is imperfectly correlated with
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Nile Basin Focal Project. Synthesis report

Reports & Research
December, 2009
Ethiopia, Kenya, Eastern Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
land management
rangelands
The Nile basin experiences wide spread poverty, lack of food and land and water

degradation. Because poverty is linked to access to water for crop, fish and

livestock based livelihoods, improving access to water and increasing agricultural

water productivity can potentially contribute substantially to poverty reduction.

The major goal of the Nile Basin Focal project is to identify high potential

investments that reduce poverty yet reverse trends in land and water

degradation. This is done through the implementation of six interlinked work
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N3: On targeting and scaling out

July, 2009
Ethiopia, Kenya, Eritrea, Sudan, Eastern Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
rangelands
This project is about matching technologies (or whole strategies) with environments. It has been shown that “blanket” RMS are often inappropriate. One size does not, as they say, fit all. Strategies for upper slopes are likely to be different than those for lower slopes.
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Kudumisha uhusiano kati ya jamii, ufugaji na wanyamapori: mwongozo wa ushirikishwaji katika kupanga Matumizi ya ardhi

Journal Articles & Books
June, 2009
Kenya, Tanzania, Eastern Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
rangelands
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Implications du changement climatique sur les systèmes de production agricole durables dans les pays ACP: quelles stratégies d’information et de communication?: synthèse des travaux du séminaire

Conference Papers & Reports
December, 2009
Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Cape Verde, Comoros, Bahamas, Barbados, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Suriname, Eswatini, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Africa, Caribbean, Oceania
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
rangelands
Le Séminaire a mis l’accent sur des aspects pratiques et des réponses concrètes que les communautés rurales des pays ACP y apportent ou peuvent apporter à court ou moyen terme.
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Implications of climate change for sustainable agricultural production systems in ACP countries Getting information and communication strategies right : Executive Summary: Understanding and Confronting Climate Change: What can be done

Reports & Research
December, 2009
Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Cape Verde, Comoros, Bahamas, Barbados, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Suriname, Eswatini, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Africa, Caribbean, Oceania
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
natural resources management
rangelands
Summary of adaption and mitigation strategies for reducing the effects of climate change especially with regard to better information and communincation management.
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Factors influencing beef cattle marketing behavior in pastoral areas of Kenya: the role of livestock market information

Reports & Research
April, 2009
Kenya, Eastern Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
pastoral lands
rangelands
pastoralists
Marketing transactions take place in an environment where information is shared and exchanged among and between sellers, buyers and middlemen. It is argued that traders and middlemen have a competitive advantage over producers in negotiating for prices, because the former have access to prices in both primary and terminal markets, while the latter only have limited access to prices in the primary markets. This Research Brief highlights the situation regarding access to livestock marketing information by producers in pastoral markets of Kenya.
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Designing index based livestock insurance for managing asset risk in northern Kenya

Manuals & Guidelines
July, 2009
Kenya, Eastern Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
pastoral lands
rangelands
pastoralists
This paper describes a novel effort at developing index-based insurance for locationaveraged livestock mortality as a means to fill an important void in the risk management instruments available to protect the main asset of pastoralists in the arid and semi-arid lands of Kenya, where insurance markets are effectively absent and uninsured risk exposure is a main cause of the existence of poverty traps.
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Constraints and options to enhancing production of high quality feeds in dairy production in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda

Reports & Research
August, 2009
Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Africa, Eastern Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
rangelands