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Social protection strategies need to evolve in order to effectively manage risks in response to future shocks.
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience
Conservation agriculture is widely viewed as an important strategy for maintaining healthy soils and improving long-term agricultural productivity, but also has the potential to help in managing waterways that...
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience
Research has shown that an individual’s beliefs about what she can achieve have an impact on how she invests in her future. Using baseline data from a larger study on an asset transfer program for women in rural...
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience
Increasing access to credit can spur the adoption of more productive technologies, but may require reducing risk for both smallholder farmer and lender. In a randomized controlled trial (RCT), we investigated how...
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience
Ecuador and several other Andean countries have prioritized the establishment and strengthening of agricultural insurance markets for smallholder farmers at risk of poverty. At the request of the Ecuadorian...
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience
Risk management and resilience are becoming a focus for how to support and empower agricultural households who are vulnerable to weather-related shocks. Index insurance has shown tremendous promise where conventional...
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience
In an experimental game in Tanzania, we tested how a small individual collateral requirement would affect the decision to borrow and individual effort under a group loan. A 20-percent collateral increased individual...
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience
Catastrophic weather shocks, such as severe drought or flood, are an important cause of poverty among rural households in developing economies. As the risk of these shocks is forecasted to increase, national social...
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience
Some development programs are designed on the premise that they can trigger lasting changes in poverty or food security. An intervention in eastern Uganda to increase the use of improved seed varieties and basic...
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience
Agricultural extension promotes improved inputs and more productive farming practices, which could boost food security and reduce poverty in developing countries. We evaluated how a large-scale agricultural...
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