Index-based Livestock insurance to support pastoralists against droughts

Authors

Jensen, Nathaniel D.

Barrett, Christopher B.

Mude, Andrew G.

Banerjee, Rupsha R.

Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia

Takahashi, Kazushi

Date Issued

Date Online

2025-06-24

Language

en

Type

Journal Article

Review Status

Peer Review

Access Rights

Open Access

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Citation

Jensen, N., Barrett, C., Mude, A., Banerjee, R., Noritomo, Y., Shikuku, K., Takahashi, K. and Teufel, N. 2025. Index-based Livestock insurance to support pastoralists against droughts. Food Policy 137: 102909.

Permanent link to cite or share this item

https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175345

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102909

Author ORCID identifiers

Nathaniel Jensen https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2946-5771
Christopher Barrett https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9139-2721
Andrew Mude https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4903-6613
Rupsha Banerjee https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7858-227X
Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2290-074X
Nils Teufel https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5305-6620

AGROVOC Keywords

insurance; livestock insurance; pastoralists; pastoralism; livestock

Subjects

INSURANCE; LIVESTOCK; PASTORALISM

Countries

Regions

Africa; Eastern Africa

Organizations Affiliated to the Authors

University of Edinburgh; Cornell University; African Development Bank; International Livestock Research Institute; National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan

Collections

ILRI Livestock, Climate and the Environment theme outputs (2025-)
Developing and piloting index based livestock insurance to reduce poverty and vulnerability (IBLI)
ILRI articles in journals
ILRI People, Policies, and Institutions theme outputs (2025–)
Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action
ST2: Market system approaches for delivery of innovations, and safe and affordable animal-sourced foods