Cyclone Idai to Have Lasting Impacts on Poverty and Agriculture in Mozambique

AMA Innovation Lab researchers say losses from cyclone Idai in March, 2019 will have a lasting impact throughout Mozambique after the immediate relief effort has ended, particularly for those who rely on agriculture.

Implementing a Quality Revenue Index Insurance Product in Ghana

In this Q&A, AMA Innovation Lab investigator Jon Einar Flatnes discusses how this new kind of index insurance works, some of the challenges and opportunities of implementing a new insurance product and the biggest hurdles to achieving the potential of index insurance for agricultural development.

New Project to Develop Advanced Index Insurance for Small-scale Farmers in Ghana

The AMA Innovation Lab has just launched a new project in partnership with the Ghana Agricultural Insurance Pool (GAIP) to improve the quality of agricultural index insurance available to the nation’s small-scale farmers.

Uganda Builds Capacity on Index Insurance to Expand National Program

A February 14-15, 2019 conference in Uganda convened 85 researchers and regional experts on agricultural insurance implementation and policy for to add to work already underway.

AMA Innovation Lab Joins the Microinsurance Network

The AMA Innovation Lab has just joined the Microinsurance Network, a worldwide leader in bringing together microinsurance experts to promote effective risk management tools to meet global development objectives.

Low-cost Improvements through Agricultural Extension Lift Food Security in Uganda

New AMA Innovation Lab research shows that promoting low-cost but advanced farming methods through agricultural extension can significantly increase food security and resilience, especially when the higher cost of improved inputs keeps them out of reach.

USAID and UC Davis to Establish World's First Index Insurance Quality Certification in East Africa

USAID and UC Davis are partnering to establish the world's first quality certification for agricultural index insurance in Kenya. The QUIIC certification will help ensure that products for small-scale farmers across East Africa truly can promote long-term resilience.

Africa-based Think Tank Event Highlights the Role of Evidence in Development Policy

More than 300 leaders from world governments, the donor community, researchers and the private sector participated in the ICED “Evidence to Action Conference 2018” in Nairobi on July 24-25 to enhance sustainable collaboration and knowledge sharing and to reinforce demand-driven, evidence-based policy.

Leaders on Agricultural Index Insurance in Africa Convene to Share Lessons on Public-private Partnerships

In July, 2018 in Tanzania, the AMA Innovation Lab convened insurance leaders from research, government and the private sector to exchange knowledge on effective agricultural index insurance for economic development.

Tanzania Farmers Adopt Innovative Insurance Bundled with Drought-tolerant Maize

A Feed the Future AMA Innovation Lab pilot project in Tanzania that pairs drought-tolerant hybrid maize with insurance has found early success with adoption and in-kind payouts.

What Should be the Minimum Quality Standard for an Agricultural Insurance Product?

The Global Action Network (GAN) collaboration between the AMA Innovation Lab and the ILO's Impact Insurance Facility has brought to the forefront one of the greatest challenges facing the advancement of agricultural index insurance: quality.

Index Insurance Has Big Returns for Small-scale Cotton Farmers and Local Economies in West Africa

New results from AMA Innovation Lab index insurance projects in West Africa show that when drought struck in Burkina Faso, the insurance stepped in as a safety net, but in Mali as well farmers invested significantly more in their crops.

AMA Innovation Lab Research Assistant Honored for Study on Rural Migration in Nepal

AMA Innovation Lab research assistant Savannah Noray recently won an Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) honorable mention for her master’s thesis on how men’s migration in Nepal affects women’s decision-making power in the household.

New Assessment Measures the Value of an Agricultural Index Insurance Contract for Small-scale Farmers

The 3D Client Value Assessment Tool for agricultural index insurance provides a multi-dimensional understanding of the value proposition for potential or existing clients. The tool incorporates the AMA Innovation Lab's Minimum Quality Standard and the ILO's PACE client value assessment.

AMA Innovation Lab and D2FTF Use Digital Tools to Break Down Barriers to Agricultural Insurance

As the AMA Innovation Lab continues to work with pilot studies and implementation partners – in both public and private sectors – digital innovations can make what once was infeasible now feasible.