(Antony Njuguana/Reuters/File) A Kenyan Masai farmer stands next to his three cows exhausted by lack of nutrition near Kajiado, south of Nairobi. Weather-indexed insurance, might help impoverished cattle farmers survive the loss of their cows during times of drought.
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JULY 19, 2010
Jina Moore, CS Monitor

Dusty northern Kenya doesn't look like a laboratory, but across its dry plains, cattle herders are pioneering a new way to fend off poverty and teaming up with unlikely partners – insurance agents.
Read the story by Jina Moore: www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/2010/0302