Reciprocal insurance among Kenyan pastoralists

• Published in: Theoretical ecology Vol. 6; no. 2; pp. 173 - 187
• Main Authors: Dixit, Avinash K., Levin, Simon A., Rubenstein, Daniel I.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.05.2013; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Biomedical and Life Sciences; Cattle; Land use; Life Sciences; Milk; Natural resource management; Original Paper; Pastoralism; Pastures; Plant Sciences; Rain; Theoretical Ecology/Statistics; Zoology; Kenya; Variable rainfall; Pastoralism; Kenya; Self-enforcement; Insurance

In large areas of low and locally variable rainfall in East Africa, pastoralism is the only viable activity, and cattle are at risk of reduced milk output and even death in dry periods. The herders were nomadic, but following the Kenyan government’s scheme of giving titles to group ranches, they are...