Using a multi-year randomised controlled trial in Tanzania and Mozambique, this paper
explores whether a complementary bundle of genetic and financial technologies can boost the resilience and productivity of small-scale farmers. The analysis shows that treatment-group farmers who experienced shocks and saw the technologies in action subsequently increased their agricultural investment beyond pre-shock levels.
This paper explores the viability of an area-revenue index insurance policy and how its performance may compare to that of an area-yield index insurance policy.
This study examined the introduction of adaptively-bred maize varieties in an agro-ecological niche area in Western Kenya. The three-year randomized control trial revealed that the new seeds increased yields and revenues. The evidence suggests new ways for thinking about seed systems in agro-ecological niche areas.
The study investigated risk perception, adoption of risk management instruments and the intensity of adoption among irrigated-rice farmers in the Upper East Region of Ghana.
Access to credit remains a significant hurdle for sub-Saharan African farmers. This study assessed credit utilization and the intensity of borrowing by irrigated rice farmers in the Upper East region of Ghana.
This paper results reports from a RCT in Mozambique and Tanzania that bundled stress-tolerant maize seeds with index insurance for a seed-replacement guarantee. The analysis shows that farmers who experienced shocks and saw both technologies in action subsequently increased their agricultural investments, allowing farmers to return to return to their pre-shock positions and even to move toward higher expected incomes.
The analysis from Tanzania and Mozambique shows that drought has significant consequences on two nutritional outcomes in particular: food security and dietary diversity.
This study from Ghana investigates the willingness to pay (WTP) for index-based drought insurance coupled with agricultural loans by product design and gender, using a contingent valuation method.
This paper reports results from Tanzania on targeted soil information. Only farmers who received the targeted recommendations and a subsidy to purchase the recommended amendments increased their fertilizer application and yields relative to the control group.