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Partnership brief for government and development finance

Modela: last-mile delivery for NASIP Flagship 6

NASIP 2026–2030 allocates KES 128.2 billion to Flagship 6 — Reinforcing Agri-Food Systems Resilience to Shocks — and names index insurance as core risk finance. Modela is the last-mile distribution and persistency layer that turns that budget into covered farmers.

Flagship 6

Modela delivers Flagship 6

NASIP 2026–2030 allocates KES 128.2 billion to Flagship 6 — Reinforcing Agri-Food Systems Resilience to Shocks — and names index insurance as core risk finance. NASIP targets 25–30% smallholder insurance coverage. Modela contributes the partner networks, consent-first data, M-Pesa collection rails and persistency reporting that make that target reachable.

The measurement gap

A coverage target measured by enrolment can't see lapse

NASIP's own monitoring indicator counts farmers under the insurance programme — a headcount, with no renewal or continuity measure in the framework. A farmer who enrols and lapses is uninsured in the season the drought arrives. Modela measures persistency — renewal per partner, per cohort, from first enrolment — so coverage reported is coverage in force.

Why partner with Modela

Distribution, retention and trust infrastructure

Flagship 6 delivery capacity

NASIP 2026–2030 allocates KES 128.2 billion to Flagship 6 — Reinforcing Agri-Food Systems Resilience to Shocks — and names index insurance as core risk finance. NASIP targets 25–30% smallholder insurance coverage. Modela contributes the partner networks, consent-first data, M-Pesa collection rails and persistency reporting that make that target reachable.

Persistency, not just headcount

NASIP's own monitoring indicator counts farmers under the insurance programme — a headcount, with no renewal or continuity measure in the framework. A farmer who enrols and lapses is uninsured in the season the drought arrives. Modela measures persistency — renewal per partner, per cohort, from first enrolment — so coverage reported is coverage in force.

Closing the last-mile protection gap

Less than 3% of Kenyan smallholders have crop or livestock insurance. Modela reaches the informal majority through SACCOs, cooperatives, agro-dealers, chamas and livestock markets — the organisations farmers already trust — using USSD, SMS and M-Pesa.

A verified farmer-data asset

Consent-first profiles covering location, farm type, season and payment history create a reusable asset for underwriting, risk transfer and programme reporting — owned by farmers and shared only with their permission.

Development finance fit

National Blended Finance Facility

NASIP names the National Blended Finance Facility as the vehicle for agricultural insurance co-funding. It targets premium subsidies and DFI catalytic contributions of 10–15% for high-risk areas like innovation and insurance. Modela provides the verified distribution and persistency data that unlock that facility.

  • Technical assistance for farmer education and basis-risk communication
  • Premium subsidy anchoring to establish uptake and persistency evidence
  • Convening and introductions to underwriters, reinsurers and county programmes

How Modela fits the facility

The NBFF needs bankable distribution. Modela brings:

  • Verified, consented farmer cohorts with county-level attribution
  • Persistency reporting that shows coverage in force, not just enrolment
  • M-Pesa premium rails and partner reconciliation for transparent fund flows
National data infrastructure

A contribution to KIAMIS and county resilience planning

NASIP proposes scaling KIAMIS into a national agriculture data hub. Modela's consented, geo-tagged, county-disaggregated farmer data can feed that hub — with consent guardrails intact — turning partner channels into public-good measurement infrastructure.

Caution: NASIP references regional scale targets under the Kampala Declaration. Exact figures will be verified against Annex 6 and Annex 7 before this page is finalised.

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NASIP Flagship 6 delivery, county resilience plans, KLIP, KAIP and DRIVE programme support.

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