Congratulations to Distinguished Prof. Michael Carter w/ the #UCDavis@MRRInnovLab whose paper that catalyzed the growth of drought protection insurance in Kenya was honored with the Robert I. Mehr Award from @ARIArisk for its lasting impact! Nice work!
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For the past two years, @MRRInnovLab Director Michael Carter has been developing an economic measure of #resilience using commonly available data. This work could help identify which households are most vulnerable & effective resilience programming. ow.ly/sfAf50P2EVK
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ICED News Special Edition - out now: bitly.ws/JLFb.
In anticipation of #E2A2023, our special edition newsletter shares perspectives from last year's attendees and some of our featured experts from @MRRInnovLab, @GDNint, and many others.
Excellent insights at the #REF2023 on resilience building. Grateful to have the opportunity to speak about livestock insurance and financial inclusion for women. @MRRInnovLab@ILRI@CGIAR
At the Resilience Evidence Forum #REF2023 Cape Town 20-23 June. Attention has been drawn to that 'resilience' may look different from different perspectives including for the farm communities we seek to serve. How canwe do better?
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1️⃣Day until the Resilience Evidence Forum! Hosted by @USAID & @grp_resilience#REF2023 will take stock of the latest evidence on resilience & its implications for policy & programming across partners and geographies. Virtual registration is still open: ow.ly/2Mbb50OS1fz
“There’s a huge malnutrition problem in the Global South,” Solomon Zena Walelign, Director of Research, @ICED_THINKTANK, on ‘The Impact of Infrastructure on Nutritious Diet, Women's Economic Empowerment, and Gender Equality: An Evidence Gap Map’ during the #AES2023.
#E2A2023 is fast approaching (July 24-28). Convened in #Ethiopia, event brings together various stakeholders-dev partners, research institutions, relevant govt ministries etc. Listen to @MRRInnovLab's Director, Prof Carter share his thoughts on this year's conference: @ameyawds
.@MRRInnovLab is returning to #Bangladesh to see if improvements generated by a three-year program to promote agricultural diversity, increase income, improve nutrition and empower women were sustained after a devastating cyclone. Learn why: ow.ly/115f50OG2Gn
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@FeedtheFuture ALL-IN flips the traditional model of development research collaborations, putting researchers at African institutions in the lead on implementing high-impact research. Find out more about the program and how it can shape development! agrilinks.org/post/going-all…
Our ARN initiative continues to curate opportunities for global south researchers to collaborate and cross-learn while strengthening their capacity on areas like emerging research and funding trends. Join our virtual May seminar: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…@tweet_afrea@ameyawds
Smallholder farmers face a tremendous amount of risk. @MRRInnovLab Associate Director Tara Chiu makes a case for insurance companies and microfinance institutions to invest in the future of risk-management tools for these farmers: ow.ly/oGOp50Otmry
We are happy to join the #FTFInnovationLabs Regional Partners Meeting in Kenya. Here with FTF Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry director Huaijun Zhou, @MRRInnovLab director Michael Carter and Kathryn Stahlberg, Senior Risk Advisor with @USAID Center for Resilience.