Information and learning can empower rural families to increase their food security and resilience. MRR Innovation Lab research teams are testing ways to fill information gaps and spark learning across smallholder farming communities.
World Food Day 2022 is about those who are most affected by food-related crises. Learn about how MRR Innovation Lab researchers are innovating and testing ways to improve rural food security and resilience for all.
On May 11, 2022, VoxDev featured MRR principal investigator Paswel Marenya on the VoxDevTalk podcast to discuss the impacts of pairing stress-tolerant maize with index insurance.
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.
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.
On May 3, 2017, the UC Davis Egghead Blog featured Travis Lybbert's participation in the Copenhagen Consensus Haiti Priorise event in Port au Prince that seeks to provide the most cost-effective solutions to the nation's greatest problems.
This April 24, 2017 article on the Huffington Post features Travis Lybbert, who will present potential solutions to improving rice production in Haiti at the Copenhagen Consensus Haiti Priorise event in May.