The MRR Lab project, Subsidizing Learning About Resilience-building Agricultural Technologies in Mozambique tests how learning supports sustained adoption of a resilience-building bundle of drought-tolerant maize seeds and index insurance. Although men tend to be the primary decision makers around crop choice and inputs, women’s role in providing agricultural labor makes their buy-in important to the decision to adopt.
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.
A MRR Innovation Lab research team is leveraging the strengths of small agrodealers in Mozambique to scale an innovative bundle of stress-tolerant maize and insurance in remote small-scale 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.
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.
