On September 5, 2019, Devex featured the new MRR Innovation Lab at UC Davis as part of the broader shift within USAID toward a focus on resilience. With a growing threat of drought and other weather-related disasters, a focus on resilience creates opportunities to reduce the total number of families in need. 

“Our job is to take risks,” Michael Carter, director of the MRR Innovation Lab and professor of agricultural and resource economics at UC Davis, told Devex. “If we’re going to change the conversation, we can’t just keep doing the same old thing.”

Land reform, including land redistribution, can be smart government policy, according to a new op-ed by AMA Innovation Lab director Michael Carter and UC Davis development economist Julian May in South Africa's Daily Maverick. 

Outlook Magazine, a publication of the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, published a story on research in behavioral economics by AMA Innovation Lab director Michael Carter and principal investigator Travis Lybbert for its Summer 2019 issue.

On April 23, 2019, PreventionWeb featured an AMA Innovation Lab project in Mozambique that early results show significantly increased maize yields for small-scale farmers.

On April 22, 2019, UC Davis featured an AMA Innovation Lab project in Mozambique that early results show significantly increased maize yields for small-scale farmers.

On March 13, 2019, Farm Bureau News published an op-ed citing the AMA Innovation Lab's work developing index insurance for pastoralists in northern Kenya as a potential solution for problems faced by U.S. farmers.

On December 13, 2018, The Economist featured the UC Davis index insurance quality initiative QUIIC in an article about agricultural insurance in Africa.

On December 4, 2018, the Cornell Chronicle featured the new book, The Economics of Poverty Traps," co-edited by AMA Innovation Lab director Michael Carter. 

On December 4, 2018, the Financial Times cited AMA Innovation Lab research on the impact of insurance in an article about using blockchain technology for rural development in Africa.

On September 10, 2018, enstartup.com featured a new USAID initiative led by AMA Innovation Lab director Michael Carter to establish the world's first quality certification for agricultural index insurance in Kenya.