This study identifies the period-specific impact of index-based livestock insurance sold to pastoral households in southern Ethiopia, based on 4-year panel data. While the impact of insurance payouts is not consistently positive across all sales periods, we find that they increase household income ...
In particular, we examine the extent to which livestock, grain storage and inter-household transfers are used to smooth consumption against income risk. The survey coincided with a period of severe drought, so the results provide direct evidence on the effectiveness of these various insurance ...
This analysis shows that bifurcation in livestock herd dynamics leads to nonlinear insurance valuation regardless of risk preferences.Chantarat, S... S Chantarat - 《Chantarat Sommarat》 被引量: 20发表: 2009年 Endogenously determined cycles: empirical evidence from livestock industries. Marsh, "Endog...
buyer's remorse and peace of mind effects from insurance This paper estimates the causal effects of index insurance coverage on subjective well-being among livestock herders in southern Ethiopia. The randomizatio... KT Hirfrfot,Barrett,Christopher B.,Lentz,Erin,... - 《Social Science Electronic...
The insurance will include the Horn of Africa countries like Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia and Eritrea, which will also be covered under this programme.These countries have been included in the drought insurance programme dubbed Drive (De-risking, Inclusion and Value Enhancement of Pastoral Economies),...
Assessment of the Role of Livestock in Ethiopia: A Review , means of income (national and household income), input for crop production (draught power and manure); and export earnings (live animals, meat, skin and hides). The livestock sector contributes much for the Economy of the country....
Commercializing dairy and forage systems in Ethiopia: An innovation systems perspective encouraging the integration of emerging dairy cooperatives at higher levels and capacity building to enable themto demand service, command accountability, and serve as a mouthpiece of producers;capitalizing on the on-go...
(Heady 1960). In focus group interviews, Maasai, Samburu, and Borana elders in Kenya and Ethiopia recalled burning every several years to control bush encroachment, control tick and tsetse fly populations, and remove rank or overgrown grass with a high ratio of dead stems—allowing newer, more...
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Although both small-scale and intensive livestock production systems are at risk from the ravages of epidemic diseases and droughts, the poor are particularly vulnerable to these types of shocks due to their limited assets and the lack of insurance schemes. Public and private services in disaster...