Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience
Households who choose to adopt new agricultural technologies have a limited amount of labor they can invest in making those technologies productive and profitable. As part of a broader randomized controlled trial (...
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience
In all parts of the world, farmers face myriad risks. Not only do farmers face the same risks that we all face — disability, health crisis, etc. — but the additional risks of being dependent on external factors...
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
Livestock—the principal store of wealth and source of livelihood for pastoralists living in the arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL) of the Horn of Africa— face tremendous risk from the frequent and catastrophic droughts...
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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