2010 - IBLI is Launched in Kenya

In the arid, dusty Marsabit region of northern Kenya, most people rely on livestock -- for food, milk and income -- to survive. Therefore, when a drought hits the already desert like area and plants and animals begin to die, the entire population is at risk of famine.

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2017 - Insurance Innovation of the Year

ILRI’s Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) project and Takaful Insurance of Africa (TIA) were bestowed the ‘2017 Insurance Innovation of the Year’ award at a prestigious African insurance awards ce

2017 - First Largest Livestock Insurance Payout made to Ethiopian and Kenyan Pastoralists

After IBLI was launched in 2010 and 2012 respectively in Kenya and Ethiopia, private insurance companies made the largest microinsurance indemnity compensation to more than 20,000 pastoralists. Read m

2016 - World Food Prize accolade

In October 2016, Dr. Andrew Mude the IBLI program leader received the World Food Prize International Symposium’s top honor — the Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application — for his work

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2010 - IBLI is Launched in Kenya

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