The continent’s crop-farmers and pastoralists remain to be convinced
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In Africa, agricultural insurance often falls on stony ground
Premium cut JACKSON LEWANGU looks up at the clouds scudding above the dry plains of northern Kenya. And, somewhere higher still, a satellite looks down on him. Since 2012 Mr Lewangu, who keeps goats and cattle, has bought insurance designed by the International Livestock Research Institute, based in Nairobi. The satellite monitors vegetation; when it […]
