---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: IRIN <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 2:50 PM Subject: In-Brief: Kenyan farmers' insurance scheme expands To: Jean-Francois Darcq <[email protected]>
[image: IRINnews logo] <http://www.irinnews.org/> humanitarian news and analysis a service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs *In-Brief: Kenyan farmers' insurance scheme expands <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?Reportid=92139>* [image: lead photo]NAIROBI , 9 March 2011 (IRIN) - The companies behind an innovative micro-insurance scheme<http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportID=88327>for Kenyan farmers have expanded the plan to cover not only inputs but also harvests. Kilimo Salama ("safe farming" in Kiswahili), which was launched in 2009 by UAP Insurance, Syngenta Foundation and mobile operator Safaricom, uses automated weather stations and mobile-phone technology to take out insurance when making purchases at farm shops. It has now been rebranded as Kilimo Salama Plus. The range of insurable crops has also increased and now includes maize, wheat, beans and sorghum, while the number of insured farmers is set to increase from 12,000 to a potential 50,000, according to Marco Ferroni, executive director of the Syngenta Foundation. am/mw More on micro-insurance: SOUTHERN AFRICA: Taking the risk out of subsistence farming <http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportID=92136>ETHIOPIA: Taking the disaster out of drought <http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportID=91176>KENYA: Covered for drought <http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=87916>CLIMATE CHANGE: Down to the wire on adaptation money <http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=87428> Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?Reportid=92139> ------------------------------ [This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] Feedback <http://www.irinnews.org/websitefeedback.aspx> | Terms & Conditions <http://www.irinnews.org/copyright.aspx> | [image: RSS feeds] News Feeds <http://www.irinnews.org/RSS.aspx> | About IRIN<http://www.irinnews.org/about.aspx> | Jobs <http://www.irinnews.org/jobs.aspx> | Donors<http://www.irinnews.org/donors.aspx> Copyright © IRIN 2011. All rights reserved. This material comes to you via IRIN, the humanitarian news and analysis service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the United Nations or its Member States. The boundaries, names and designations used on maps on this site and links to external sites do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the UN. Republication is subject to terms and conditions as set out in the IRIN copyright page <http://www.irinnews.org/copyright.aspx>. IRIN is funded entirely by voluntary contributions. And we need some. Please tell your nearest donor: http://www.irinnews.org/donors.aspx -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
