News | Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience

Building on Good Investments in Africa’s Development Research Community

by Alex Russell
October 11, 2022

ALL-IN

Strengthening research capacity at multiple levels is built into each Feed the Future ALL-IN project, ensuring that broader benefits continue to grow long after a project ends.

MRR Innovation Lab Associate Director to Co-Lead Working Group on Scaling Disaster-Risk Finance

by MRR Innovation Lab
April 04, 2022

MRR Innovation Lab associate director Tara Chiu has been appointed co-chair of the InsuResilience Global Partnership Impact Working Group and will help to build a broader dialogue around evidence and impact.

COVID-19 and Development Innovation

by MRR Innovation Lab
April 07, 2020

These unprecedented times are testing the resilience of rural families and the food and market systems they rely on. The work we do has never been more important, and in spite of the challenges we all face, we will continue to make progress in building a more resilient future.

Announcing the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience

by Alex Russell
July 31, 2019

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.

AMA Innovation Lab Joins the Microinsurance Network

by Sophie Javers
October 02, 2018

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.

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

by MRR Innovation Lab
April 25, 2018

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.

Agrilinks Features Tara Chiu on Using ICT for Agricultural Markets

December 08, 2017

Agrilinks featured AMA Innovation Lab assistant director Tara Chiu in a Q&A on using information and communication technology for agriculture for this month's focus on ICT4Ag.

Peer Learning Platform for Agricultural Insurance Event in Kenya Connects Policy to Markets

by MRR Innovation Lab
July 28, 2017

A workshop in Kenya on July 4-5, 2017 provided a platform for sharing knowledge that can help agricultural insurance to achieve market scale and development impact for poor and vulnerable agriculturalists worldwide.

5 Steps to Ensuring Agricultural Risk Management Tools Have Development Impact

by MRR Innovation Lab
May 19, 2017

This poster describes five key steps to ensure quality and impact from agricultural risk management products for smallholder farmers in developing economies.

Op-ed on AMA Innovation Lab Nepal Impact Evaluation Featured on Devex

May 11, 2017

On May 11, 2017, Devex featured an article by AMA Innovation Lab assistant director Tara Steinmetz based on results from an impact evaluation by one of our research teams.

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