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Livestock insurance in Kenya compensates herders for drought losses

Rasper, AnkeOctober 26, 2011

In Kenya's Marsabit district, up to one third of the cattle died due to drought. But hundreds of herders now benefit from an innovative livestock insurance scheme, set up by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Kenya. Payouts are triggered if satellite images predict that herders will lose more than 15 percent of their cattle, as ILRI's Andrew Mude explains.

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Interview: Anke Rasper