Press Room – Index Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI)

Press contacts

Contact Name                                          Contact Email                                                     Contact Phone Number
Michelle G. Wallace                                  mgeis@burness.com                                        +254 711 326 770
Susan McMillan                                          s.macmillan@CGIAR.ORG                              +254 725 473 248 (In Des Moines)
Nancy Moss                                                 nmoss@burness.com                                       +254 729 991 028

World Food Prize meeting and Norman Borlaug Field Award materials

The Norman Borlaug Field Award was awarded to Andrew Mude, IBLI’s lead scientist and a principal research scientist at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). He will receive the award in Des Moines, Iowa at the World Food Prize meeting on Wednesday, October 12.

Press materials

• Press Release on Award Ceremony in Iowa: Kenyan Accepts 2016 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application at World Food Prize Event in Des Moines, Iowa – Embargoed Until 00:01 GMT on Wednesday, 12 October (19:01 Iowa Time on Tuesday, 11 October
• Press Release on Award Announcement: The World Food Prize Recognizes Kenyan Economist as Winner of the 2016 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, Endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation  (August 30, 2016)

Events schedule

• Side Event on Drylands (Oct 12, 10:30 am): The International Livestock Research Institute and the World Bank Group will host a side event entitled “Climate-Proofing One Third of the World: Tools for resilient drylands”  Click here to RSVP/register to attend the session. – Waterloo Room
• Press Conference (Oct 12, 3:00 pm): Andrew Mude will take questions from media-Marriott Hotel, Windows Rm (1st floor, off Lobby)
• Award Ceremony and Reception (October 12, 5:30 pm) for the 2016 Norman E. Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, Endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation – World Food Prize Hall of Laureates, 100 Locust St. October 12 at 5:30 pm
• Award announcement for BIFAD Scientific Award for Excellence in a Feed the Future Innovation Lab; Click here for the agenda – Des Moines Marriott, Salon D,  Oct 12 from 8.00 am -12.00 pm

Dr. Andrew Mude

• Andrew Mude’s  CV
• Andrew Mude’s Biography
• Andrew Mude’s headshot

Additional IBLI Background 

Fact sheets

• IBLI Fact Sheet
• IBLI Timeline 
• IBLI Impact Research Brief

Press releases

• First Sharia Compliant Payout Press Release: Pilot Islamic-Compliant Livestock Insurance Product in Africa Pays Pastoralists in Drought-Prone Kenya (25 March 2014)
• First Payout Press Release: Pastoralists in Drought-Stricken Northern Kenya Receive Insurance Payouts for Massive Livestock Losses (21 October 2011)
• First IBLI Launch Press Release: Satellite Images of Remote African Lands to be Used to Insure Herders from Devastating Droughts (22 January 2010)

Photos

• View IBLI’s Flickr albums here. Select photos with captions are included below.

Images