First micro-insurance plan uses mobile phones and weather stations to shield Kenya's farmers
Friday, March 5, 2010 - 06:14
in Earth & Climate
As East Africa recovers from the worst drought in decades, an innovative program launched today will use a low-cost, mobile phone payment and data system, and automated, solar powered weather stations, to offer thousands of farmers in parts of Western and Central Kenya affordable, "pay as you plant" insurance to protect their investments in desperately needed high-yielding seeds, fertilizers, as well as other farm inputs.