The MRR Innovation Lab invites researchers at U.S. universities to submit proposals for four-year research projects that develop or test innovative ways to promote food security and resilience worldwide.
Congressman John Garamendi and Patricia Garamendi met with the MRR Innovation Lab at UC Davis in August, 2019 to discuss the new research program and UC Davis and how a technology to manage risk could stabilize communities across Africa’s drought-prone Sahel.
Michael Carter and Christopher Barrett were honored by their peers in July, 2019 for their foundational paper on the economics of poverty traps in developing countries.
The University of California, Davis, will lead a new global research program to build and test ways to overcome some of the biggest remaining challenges for lifting and keeping rural families out of poverty in developing countries.
Humanitarian efforts in central Mozambique have saved lives and helped families to begin their recovery from losses to cyclone Idai, but many challenges remain. Research on a similar disaster in Honduras two decades ago suggests that long-term support is likely necessary for families who already struggled before the storm.
In this Q&A, AMA Innovation Lab investigator Dean Yang discusses the economic impact of the money migrants send back to their home countries and how migration affects development in migrants’ home countries.
Republic of Ghana Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia will be the headline speaker at the International Centre for Evaluation and Development (ICED) Evidence to Action (E2A) 2019 conference held at the University of Ghana from July 9-12, 2019.
At a UC Davis World Food Center’s May 2019 event, AMA Innovation Lab director Michael Carter opened the afternoon session with a discussion about how financial instruments can help combat malnutrition and alter poverty dynamics in the face of climate change.
In over sixty years of armed conflict in Colombia, more than 220,000 have died and millions have been displaced, creating poverty and hardship that could last for generations. New research is seeking insights on promoting mobility and resilience even in these extreme environments.
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.
