Sökning: "livestock insurance"

Hittade 5 uppsatser innehållade orden livestock insurance.

  1. 1. Risk, Resilience and Insurance in Sudanese Pastoralism

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Författare :Alla Safieldin; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Climate change adaptation; Disaster risk management; Drought; Index-based livestock insurance; Pastoralism; Risk; Resilience; Sudan; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : The nomadic pastoralists of the Sahel are often identified as a group at the frontline of global climate change. Their existence in arid and semi-arid regions and their reliance on seasonal rainfall are among the factors that contribute to their vulnerability to drought and climate shocks. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Insuring Kenyan Smallholder Farmers Against Drought: Does Livestock Index-Based Insurance Increase Climate Resilience?

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Författare :Lea Kauffmann - de Vries; [2018]
    Nyckelord :index insurance; microinsurance; livestock insurance; climate risk management; NDVI; Business and Economics;

    Sammanfattning : While index insurance has received increased attention as an instrument for adaptation to climate change, evidence supporting its effectiveness remains limited. This thesis explores the potential of normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) based livestock index insurance in Northern Kenya to help small-scale farmers to manage climate change risks in the event of livestock-reducing drought. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Goat production in the tropics and mitigation to feed shortage in different production systems in Eastern, Tanzania

    Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

    Författare :Peter Ruvuga; [2016]
    Nyckelord :pastoralists; small scale intensive system; other challenges; previous project versatility;

    Sammanfattning : Seasonal feed fluctuation is the common problem among livestock keepers in the tropics. Even though there have been several intervention programs to the farm level little is known after these projects had phased out. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Big government and your Big Mac : Analyzing the impact of corn and soybean subsidies on US meat markets

    Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Författare :Nadav David Chudler; [2016]
    Nyckelord :feed crops; insurance premium subsidies; meat production externalities;

    Sammanfattning : Extensive literature exists regarding the externalities of industrial meat production in the United States. There is also a belief that the growth of these production systems were facilitated by high levels of subsidies for corn and soybean, the primary crops, or byproducts of which are used to feed livestock. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Production objectives and selection criterions of three endemic ruminant breeds in The Gambia and Senegal

    Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics

    Författare :Ignacio P. Garcia L.; [2012]
    Nyckelord :Production objectives; selection criteria; N’Dama; Djallonké; West African Dwarf goat; PRA; The Gambia; Senegal;

    Sammanfattning : Livestock plays a major role in the livelihood of poor rural communities, being the source of tangible and intangible benefits. The objective of this study was to analyse the production objectives and selection criteria for cattle (N’Dama) and small ruminants (Djallonké sheep and West African Dwarf goat) in The Gambia and Senegal. LÄS MER