News

Q&A With Professor Dean Yang

by Sophie Javers
November 30, 2016

To highlight some of the work the AMA Innovation Lab is funding in the fight against HIV/AIDS, we conducted an Q&A with the Dean Yang, Professor in the Department of Economics and the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan.

Q&A With Ana María Ibáñez

by Sophie Javers
October 21, 2016

We recently had the opportunity to sit down with Ana María Ibáñez, Economics Professor at the University of the Andes, and ask a few questions about her important research.

Director Michael Carter Speaks At World Food Prize, Borlaug Dialogue Event

by Sophie Javers
October 13, 2016

As part of the on-going celebration surrounding the 2016 World Food Prize in Des Moines, Iowa, AMA Innovation Lab director Michael Carter, a UC Davis professor of agricultural and resource economics, spoke at the ILRI-World Bank Group side event at the Borlaug Dialogue. Presentation slides to be posted soon.

AMA Innovation Lab Team Wins BIFAD Award for Scientific Excellence in a Feed the Future Innovation Lab

by Sophie Javers
October 12, 2016

We are pleased to announce that the AMA Innovation Lab is the proud recipient of the 2016 BIFAD Award for Scientific Excellence in a Feed the Future Innovation Lab.

The AMA Innovation Lab Joins Feed The Future In The Quest To #EndHunger

by MRR Innovation Lab
September 15, 2016

Feed the Future has launched a campaign to end hunger by 2030.

Norman Borlaug Awarded by The World Food Prize Foundation To Andrew Mude

by MRR Innovation Lab
September 01, 2016

The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Assets and Market Access is extremely proud to announce that affiliated researcher Dr. Andrew Mude has won the 2016 World Food Prize - Norman Borlaug Award.

AMA Innovation Lab Highlighted In Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers

by MRR Innovation Lab
September 01, 2016

A Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers (CGIAR) recently highlighted the fact drought is one of the largest livestock killers in Kenya and Ethiopia.

AMA Innovation Lab Post-Doc Quentin Stoeffler Spreads The Word About Index Insurance Across UC Davis Campus

by MRR Innovation Lab
July 29, 2016

Quentin Stoeffler's lecture at UC Davis about Index Insurance.

Check Out Our Video Interviews with the World Bank’s Kaushik Basu and Makhtar Diop, and USAID’s Greg Collins!

by MRR Innovation Lab
July 27, 2016

Our Innovation Lab and the National Bureau of Economic Research co-hosted conference on Poverty Traps held in Washington, DC from June 28-29th, 2016.

Of Maize And Money: How To Bring Farmers Into The Financial System

by MRR Innovation Lab
January 19, 2016

A World Bank feature news story recently highlighted the the fact that nearly half of the world’s farmers are unable to utilize banks.

Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience

News

Q&A With Professor Dean Yang

Q&A With Ana María Ibáñez

Director Michael Carter Speaks At World Food Prize, Borlaug Dialogue Event

AMA Innovation Lab Team Wins BIFAD Award for Scientific Excellence in a Feed the Future Innovation Lab

The AMA Innovation Lab Joins Feed The Future In The Quest To #EndHunger

Norman Borlaug Awarded by The World Food Prize Foundation To Andrew Mude

AMA Innovation Lab Highlighted In Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers

AMA Innovation Lab Post-Doc Quentin Stoeffler Spreads The Word About Index Insurance Across UC Davis Campus

Check Out Our Video Interviews with the World Bank’s Kaushik Basu and Makhtar Diop, and USAID’s Greg Collins!

Of Maize And Money: How To Bring Farmers Into The Financial System

How Climate Change Is Punishing the World's Poor

The Standard Features ALL-IN Initiative to Promote Africa-based Research Leadership

Chicago Council on Global Affairs Features Michael Carter on Resilience+

Borgen Magazine Features the MRR Innovation Lab

VoxDev Features Research from Mozambique on Temporary Subsidies