Herders to benefit from livestock insurance

Thousands of livestock herders across the arid North Eastern Kenya can now rest secure, thanks to a new initiative that will shield them against loss of their livestock to drought. For the first time ever, a livestock insurance scheme has been introduced which will make use of satellite images to de...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: NTV Kenya
Format: Video
Language:Inglés
Published: NTV Kenya 2010
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/3306
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Summary:Thousands of livestock herders across the arid North Eastern Kenya can now rest secure, thanks to a new initiative that will shield them against loss of their livestock to drought. For the first time ever, a livestock insurance scheme has been introduced which will make use of satellite images to detect areas that could suffer from livestock loss.