The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) build a pathway to improving life for all people while safeguarding the environment in which we all live. A critical part of this work is to build opportunities for rural families whose lives and livelihoods have always been the most vulnerable.
The MRR Innovation Lab invites researchers at U.S. universities to submit proposals for research projects that develop or test innovative ways to promote food security and resilience worldwide.
A new paper explores how digital technologies like mobile phones and satellites have created new ways for rural families in developing countries to access savings, credit and insurance. The paper also explains the need to ensure that these services do not reproduce or amplify existing inequalities.
New research in Kenya is testing whether a government program that provides farmers weather and market information via SMS text message promotes climate change adaptation and increases in overall productivity and resilience.
A new paper co-authored by MRR Innovation Lab director Michael Carter charts how recent advances in crop modeling and remote sensing can help insurers improve the quality of index insurance for small-scale farmers in developing countries.
In 2020 the MRR Innovation Lab launched new research projects and initiatives that establish a foundation for impact in the years to come. Check out some of our 2020 highlights.
The Feed the Future Advancing Local Leadership, Innovation and Networks (ALL-IN) program has opened its 2020 call for research proposals from researchers at African institutions to advance host country leadership in defining and implementing research projects.
In affirming our support for Black lives and justice for marginalized groups around the globe we join our colleagues in the UC Davis community and our broader research community, including our researchers and research partners, implementation partners and individual families who take part in our work.
These unprecedented times are testing the resilience of rural families and the food and market systems they rely on. The work we do has never been more important, and in spite of the challenges we all face, we will continue to make progress in building a more resilient future.
