DRFF in the News
Aug 28
2017
(Kenya) The recent drought will see a consortium of insurers pay livestock farmers in semi-arid regions millions more after the initial payment in February. The seven firms under Kenya Livestock Insurance Programme (KLIP) will pay farmers Sh319 million for long-rain failure starting next month, on top of the Sh215 million paid in February on poor short rains. The payout is intended to help farmers purchase animal feeds, provide water, procure animal healthcare services as well as move animals... Keep reading
Aug 28
2017
By Diego Arias (Agriculture Global Practice) The availability and quality of agriculture risk information is hugely important for farmers, and the potential impact of bad information can be quite costly, leading the farmer to make wrong decisions and eventually lose revenue. Information systems that have unreliable sources and/or poor data processing protocols, produce unreliable results, no matter how complex the data processing model is. In other words, one can have “garbage in – garbage out... Keep reading