Parametric livestock protectionfor drought-prone regions
PastoralProtect helps organizations offer automated, rules-based payouts when vegetation stress crosses defined thresholds—without manual claims or field-by-field reviews.
The problem
Manual insurance fails pastoralists: slow verification, paperwork, and poor connectivity leave communities exposed when drought strikes.
How PastoralProtect works
- 01
Enroll
Farmers join a protection pool for a climate zone.
- 02
Monitor
Vegetation signals are tracked against zone thresholds.
- 03
Trigger
When rules say drought, the oracle path runs—no claim forms.
- 04
Payout
Eligible policies pay out on a mobile-money-ready rail.
Enrollment, risk, and rails in one flow
NDVI-style inputs, a payout rail shaped for mobile money, and optional on-chain pool plus IPFS-backed records—aligned with how this demo is wired.
NDVI & zone rules
Each zone has a vegetation threshold. Readings are compared automatically—no one-off field loss assessments.
Satellite & oracle data
Trigger when it matters
When stress crosses the rule, the oracle path runs verification before any payout.
Payout rail
Structured for mobile money: the demo uses a mock ledger you can swap for a live M-Pesa or similar provider.
Mobile-ready payouts
Fast, traceable transfers
Payouts are logged with amounts and policy links so operators can reconcile quickly.
Pool, hash, optional chain
REST APIs for enrollment and simulation. Optional Solidity pool on Base; trigger bundles can be pinned on IPFS.
APIs & audit trail
Integrity before funds move
SHA-256 checks align stored bundles with what the payout engine executed.
What PastoralProtect provides
Enrollment & zones
Farmers join by zone with livestock counts and premiums—validated before policies are stored.
NDVI & drought rules
Vegetation stress is compared to per-zone thresholds so triggers are automatic, not subjective.
Verifiable storage
Trigger bundles can be anchored on IPFS (Filecoin ecosystem) with integrity checks before payouts.
Payout rail
Mock mobile-money flow today; structured so a real provider can plug in without rewriting core logic.
Operator dashboard
Pool health, impact metrics, and recent events in one place for demos and audits.
REST APIs
Enrollment, oracle simulation, and admin metrics—build your own UI on top.
Built for teams serving pastoral communities
Whether you are an insurer, cooperative, NGO, or public program—PastoralProtect ties clear rules, telemetry, and payout logs together so relief can move when vegetation stress crosses the line.
Who it's for
Insurers & programs
Launch parametric-style livestock protection without building claims ops from scratch.
Cooperatives
Pool risk across members with transparent rules and faster relief when drought hits.
NGOs & government
Run climate resilience programs with logged triggers and payout trails stakeholders can review.
Agri-finance
De-risk pastoral portfolios with automated triggers aligned to real climate stress.
Developers
Open the docs to try the API in your browser. You will see login, enroll, oracle, storage, admin, and a simple USSD test (POST /api/ussd).
Frequently asked questions
Ready to run the full demo?
Open the dashboard, enroll a farmer, then simulate a drought to see triggers, storage, and payouts in one flow.