Presentation: Climate Change and Index-based Livestock Insurance in Borana, Ethiopia

Precipitation during both rainy seasons have fallen by 15-20 percent in southern Ethiopia between mid-1970's and late 2000's. Other notable climate changes in Ethiopia include increased occurrence of below normal rainy season and warming temperatures across the south.

This presentation is based on AMA Innovation Lab projects for the 2013 BASIS/I4 Technical Committee Meeting. This meeting gathered researchers affiliated with the Index Insurance Innovation Initiative (I4) at UC Davis.

This presentation was presented by Nathanial Jensen from Cornell University and took place in University of California Davis, United States.