TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS
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1. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE WORKSHOP 1.1 The central role of animal production in West Africa 1.2 Livestock mobility: common strategy for all livestock systems 1.3 Livestock insurance: an evolving debate 1.4 The result of an initiative started by Acting For Life in 2015
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2. THE WORKSHOP: ORGANISATION AND REPORTING 2.1 Participation 2.2 Working program and schedule 2.3 Structure of the report
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3. SUMMARY OF THE (4) INTRODUCTORY PRESENTATIONS 9 3.1 Index-Based Insurance for livestock: historical background and how it works (see annex 3, 20 slides) 9 3.2 The basic elements of pastoral and agropastoral production in West Africa: implications for the development of livestock insurance (see Annex 4, 30 slides) 16 3.3 Issues and challenges linked to the introduction of index-based livestock insurance in West Africa (see Annex 5, 16 slides) 19 3.4 A different perspective on the risks faced by mobile herders (see Annex 6, 29 Slides) 21 4. SUMMARY OF THE DEBATES: THE BASIC ISSUES 4.1 The necessity of an integrated approach for livestock insurance 4.2 Potential difficulties in constructing a reliable index in the context of West Africa 4.3 The sub-regional dimension and the role of governments 4.4 The usefulness of livestock insurance and its impact on poverty 4.5 Which risk to insure? 4.6 The mobility of risks and losses: an essential aspect 4.7 Livestock herders: a difficult public to reach 4.8 Conventional or index-based livestock insurance? 4.9 Livestock insurance for production, but also for commercialisation 4.10 Conclusion: the need for a continued dialogue
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ANNEX 1. List of participants (alphabetical order)
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ANNEX 2. Livestock insurance for mobile herders in West Africa: Program of the workshop
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ANNEX 3. INTRODUCTION THE DEBATE 1: Index-Based Insurance for livestock: historical background and how it works 46 ANNEX 4. INTRODUCTION TO DEBATE 2: The basic elements of pastoral and agropastoral production in West Africa, implications for the development of livestock insurance 57 ANNEX 5. INTRODUCTION TO DEBATE 3: Issues and challenges linked to the introduction of indexbased livestock insurance in West Africa 73 ANNEX 6. INTRODUCTION TO DEBATE 4: A different perspective on the risks faced by mobile herders
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ANNEX 7. The “fridge” of ideas
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ANNEX 8. BILIOGRAPHY
AFL Workshop on Livestock Insurance for Mobile Herders in West Africa, Dakar, November 2-3, 2016, page 1
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