University of California, Davis, has established the Resilience+ Innovation Facility to spark inclusive agricultural transformation among small-scale farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia with a $5 million five-year grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

New paper reports that targeted fertilizer recommendations paired with subsidies to purchase fertilizer can increase maize yields on small-scale farms in Tanzania. Soil tests also showed that a change in fertilizer recommendations from the government of Tanzania could address a common deficiency limiting maize yields.

New research from the MRR Innovation Lab and the International Livestock Research Institute makes it possible to objectively evaluate the potential benefits, costs and risks for a nation to adopt disaster risk insurance.

Innovations to test and certify the quality of index insurance can play a vital role in meeting the financial challenges of climate change in Africa.

USAID has taken new steps to tackle the global climate crisis by joining three multilateral partnerships through which it helps countries prepare for and mitigate climate-related disasters.

A new study using advanced economic modeling has found that adding insurance for families who are not yet poor is the most responsive and cost-effective way to reduce total poverty.

For this International Women’s Day on March 8th, we highlight some of the critical innovations the MRR Innovation Lab is supporting to help women in vulnerable rural communities mitigate the risks they face.

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.