Papers and Presentations

This webinar took place online on June 29, 2017 describing the presentation transcript from the Soil Variation and Why It Matters webinar.

This presentation took place online on June 29, 2017 elaborating on the significance behind soil heterogeneity in Kenya

This presentation took place online on June 29, 2017 describing the additional questions requested from the Soil Variation and Why It Matters webinar after time for the webinar expired.

This presentation took place online on June 29, 2017 describing the questions and answers transcript for the Soil Variation and Why It Matters webinar.

This presentation was presented in Nairobi, Kenya on May 24, 2017 describing the problems Sub-Saharan Africa faces for missing the "Green Revolution" of seed-fertilizer between 1960-2000 and what can be done today.

This presentation was presented in Nairobi, Kenya on May 24, 2017 describing precision agriculture in Kenya.

This presentation was presented in Nairobi, Kenya on May 24, 2017 describing the Index-based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) in Kenya and Ethiopia.

This presentation was by Maria Rarieya from the International Centre for Evaluation and Development (ICED) on May 24, 2017 describing challenges and gaps the organization is tackling.

This study uses economic approaches and the case of the index based livestock insurance (IBLI) product in Kenya to compare the quality of insurance products developed from a variety of satellite -based indices, all of which have either been proposed or are/have been used by insurance or insurance-like products in the region.

This paper investigates asset insurance into a theoretical poverty trap model to evaluate the aggregate impact of insurance access on chronic and transitory poverty. The research team uses dynamic stochastic programming methods to decompose two mechanisms through which a competitive asset insurance market might alter long-term poverty dynamics.