Livestock holdings in rural areas of the West African Semi-arid Tropics (WASAT) are often substantial yet there is … little evidence for precautionary saving in the form of livestock. This paper re-visits farm households' ability to smooth … consumption ex post via savings in the form of livestock. Based on data covering Burkina Faso's 2004 drought, we find that …

most effective. This paper adds to the literature on extension interventions by evaluating the Uruguayan Livestock Program … breeders. Using an eight year panel constructed by combining data from the Uruguayan livestock traceability system with a …

agricultural and livestock producer. Specifically, the Southern Region, object of this study, in 2006 accounted for approximately …

a catastrophic weather disaster occurs. Our focus is on the Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) in Mongolia. We …-shock livestock recovery in different ways, varying the number of matches per observation, the choice of covariates, and the use of …

model was employed. One major finding is that climatic shocks negatively affect households´ livestock holdings - apart from … small ruminant and non-ruminant livestock due to their higher adaptive capacity. Consequently, households rely on two major … coping strategies to smooth their consumption level: (1) adjusting their livestock portfolios, and (2) borrowing from group …