Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku is Scientist (Economist) with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). Dr. Shikuku works with the Drought Risk Financing and Insurance Solutions team within the Sustainable Livestock Systems Program of ILRI. He leads economics research related to uptake, diffusion, and impacts of index-based livestock insurance. He also implements innovative research using crowdsourcing techniques and high frequency data to monitor drought impacts and inform early and anticipatory action. Dr. Shikuku holds PhD in Development Economics from Wageningen University, Netherlands and MSc in Agricultural and Applied Economics from University of Nairobi, Kenya. Dr. Shikuku currently serves at the editorial board of the African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (AfJARE) and is a Review Editor in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems – Climate-Smart Food Systems. He is also the Country Coordinator for the CGIAR Initiative on Livestock and Climate and Kenya’s focal person for the scaling work of the CGIAR Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems. Dr. Shikuku has published widely in reputable journals including Nature Food, Experimental Economics, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, World Development, Food Policy, European Review of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Systems, and the Journal of Development