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The context for Anticipatory Action in East Africa
Pastoralists in East Africa make up a large portion of the population and economy but face high risks from drought and climate change that keep them in poverty. Index-based livestock insurance (IBLI) programs aim to increase resilience by protecting pastoralist livelihoods from drought losses. Research on IBLI programs in Kenya found they enabled pastoralists to spend on needs they otherwise could not during drought periods, showing the potential for such insurance to reduce vulnerability to climate risks.
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The context for Anticipatory Action in East Africa
- 1. The context forAnticipatory Action in East Africa Polly Ericksen, Program Leader Sustainable Livestock Systems Resilience Hub, COP 26 3 November 2021 Better lives through livestock
- 2. 2 Pastoralists: economic benefitswith high risk • Up to 1/5 of IGAD population are (agro) pastoralists • Produce from 30 to 80% of agricultural GDP • Pastoralists belong to poorest segment of IGAD populations • Low resilience and high exposure to droughts = poverty trap • Conflict and climate risk exacerbate each other
- 3. 3 Index-based insurance protectslivelihoods
- 4. 4 Does IBLI havebenefits? Is there anything that you spent money on because of the KLIP payment that you could not have done so without the payment? LRLD Drought 2017 SRSD Drought 2016 Taye et al., 2019
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Editor's Notes
- #4 Developed after a decade of empirical research to understand how recurrent climate risk affected pastoralist livestock assets
- #5 In order to go to scale need to link well-designed micro products with macro level support. Also need many more opportunities to crowd in investments with markets, more information about risk, inputs; improved financial information and targeting, etc… Need more evidence to convince governments and investors.