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Innovations for Drought Resilience Two Ways in Mozambique and Tanzania

Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience

Drought-tolerant seeds are designed to protect farmers from moderate, mid-season drought, but can still fail when conditions are severe. In Tanzania and Mozambique the project paired drought-tolerant maize (DTM) with index insurance designed to protect farmers when even drought-tolerant seeds fail.

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Drought-tolerant seeds are designed to protect farmers from moderate, mid-season drought, but can still fail when conditions are severe. In Tanzania and Mozambique the project paired drought-tolerant maize (DTM) with index insurance designed to protect farmers when even drought-tolerant seeds fail.

The project generated resilience in two ways. DTM effectively maintained yields during mid-season droughts. After severe droughts, DTM bundled with insurance helped farmers recover from their losses and return production to even higher levels than in the year before the drought.