FEATURE-Real-time insurance for farm credit helps Kenyans weather drought

For the past two years, Beatrice Ndavi, a 56-year-old farmer in central Kenya, has received vouchers for good-quality seeds and fertiliser, as well as training to improve her yields.The support is offered on credit as part of an insurance scheme that provides security for the farmer’s loan by paying it down if her harvest is damaged by extreme weather.“I get the right farm inputs - quality seeds and fertilisers on time - and I’m not worried about how to repay the loan as it&rsq