E-herd

Insurance platform for cattle farmers struggling with climate change .

According to Agrilinks, 7 million cows have died in 2021 due to drought alone. Which greatly impacts food security, and because in places like Kenya where pastoralism accounts for a third of their GDP this problem extends to their financial security.

As stated above the main cause of this problem is climate change, and although not much can be done about it, directly, It's possible to lessen the blow on farmers.

Our solution is simple. We intend to build an organization that insures cattle keepers for their herd. Through a platform, they can invest and pay insurance, so in the event that their cattle succumbs to unpredictable climate, They can receive a small payment. In addition, the platform will allow us to communicate among themselves on herding techniques and grazing locations, to ease their struggles.

The platform should be a simple mobile app, with a mobile money transaction option.

Our target population is cattle herders who make abnormal losses when their cattle dies due to drought and lack of water, and their children who are removed from school to herd the cattle.

If the solution goes to plan, cattle herders should expect a compensation of over 30% of what they lost, and in the long term, we'll consider other projects and investments, like watering holes.

By doing all this, we hope to lessen the effect of climate change on our target population.

My team has a strong background in both coding and no-code, and is relatively familiar with graphic design, and business management so I feel confident in our ability to develop our project. Concerning our link to the those we serve, our leader is a member of the Bakiga tribe of Uganda, which is famous for herding cattle, so through relatives living in the village and personal experience through biannual visits, we have experience.

As a team, we've conducted research and looked into similar organizations and platforms like ours, and in a few days, we'll be visiting Soroti, a rural region in Uganda struggling with high temperatures, and will interview pastoralists there.