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Jubilee Insurance has compensated sorghum farmers who suffered crop failure from drought in Kibwezi. The farmers who had taken up J-Mavuno - Jubilee's sorghum index-based weather insurance cover - are the first claimants since the launch of the product early this year.
Six farmers from the region received their payments from Jubilee. The sorghum cover is the first of its kind targeting small-scale farmers in arid and semi-arid areas — areas prone to perennial food shortages.
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