Explaining index-based livestock insurance to pastoralists

Agricultural Finance Review

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 333-352

  McPeak, John ^a   Chantarat, Sommarat ^b   Mude, Andrew ^c  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Assets management; Insurance; Kenya; Livestock

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866370727     PISSN: 00021466     EISSN: 20416326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00021461011088477     Document Type: Article

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