@MRRInnovLab

Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience #MarketsRiskResilience @UCDavis @FeedtheFuture @USAID @copreshub #EndHunger #globaldev

 Davis, CA
basis.ucdavis.edu
Joined September 2016
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Peter Quartey@pquartey127 Jul 2023
Michael Carter, UC Davis on Bundling Genetic and Financial Technolo gies to mitigate risk
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We’re so happy to have shared the space with a variety of capable and dedicated researchers, experts, and individuals at #E2A2023, thanks to the @MoPD_Ethiopia, @UGondar, @HortInnovLab, @EthioEconAssoc, @EEvA_Ethiopia, @GDNint, @MRRInnovLab, @CampbellReviews, and so many others.
David S. Ameyaw@ameyawds28 Jul 2023
Today is the last day and closing day of the 2023 E2A conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. @ICED_THINKTANK last day delegates
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7 days to go before the first day of #E2A2023. The anticipation is building! Join us for the opening press conference with ICED’s CEO @ameyawds and representatives from @EthioEconAssoc, @EEvA_Ethiopia, @MoPD_Ethiopia, among others.
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CA&ES, UC Davis@ucdavisCAES11 Jul 2023
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! spr.ly/6016PKNxA

MRR Director Shares Award for Risk and Insurance Publication with Lasting Impact

Families in Kenya’s dry northern region, who make their living primarily from livestock, depend on rainfall. When drought destroys the vegetation that livestock need to survive, people’s lives become...

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@FeedtheFuture3 Jul 2023
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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Have you registered for our ALL IN Research Network June Seminar? You can still register here:lnkd.in/dHDGthMa. See you all today from 4:00 PM EAT! #LocallyLedResearch #EndHunger @FeedtheFuture @ameyawds @MRRInnovLab
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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.
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See how the @FeedtheFuture ALL-IN project, implemented by @MRRInnovLab and @ICED_THINKTANK, is Going “ALL-IN” on Locally Led Development Research: agrilinks.org/post/going-all…. #EndHunger #LocallyLedResearch @USAID @Agrilinks @ameyawds
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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
Namukolo Covic@NamukoloC20 Jun 2023
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? @CGIAR @ILRI @USAIDEthiopia @theGCF @FAO
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Feed the Future
@FeedtheFuture19 Jun 2023
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

Resilience Evidence Forum - Global Resilience Partnership

Join us for a three-day interactive gathering to advance the conversation about what works and what doesn’t in building resilience

globalresiliencepartnership.org
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MRR Innovation Lab retweeted
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@BusaraCenter20 Jun 2023
“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.
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Soil acidity problem is a significant cause of low and stagnated crop yields in Kenya. Here's @FeedtheFuture ALL-IN's emerging insights on Why Soil Testing is Key to Improve Yields on Smallholder Farms in Kenya: iced-eval.org/emerging-evide… #EndHunger @ameyawds @MRRInnovLab
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#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
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@FeedtheFuture9 Jun 2023
.@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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MRR Innovation Lab retweeted
Agrilinks@Agrilinks6 Jun 2023
Replying to @FeedtheFuture
@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…
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Check out how @FeedtheFuture ALL-IN project is strengthening capacity of policymakers in Ethiopia to design evidence-based policies to tackle challenges like food insecurity: iced-eval.org/strengthening-…. #EndHunger @USAID @ameyawds @MRRInnovLab
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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
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@FeedtheFuture23 May 2023
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
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#Locallyled research can have outsized impacts on rural communities. See how @MRRInnovLab and its @FeedtheFuture ALL-IN initiative with @ICED_THINKTANK builds on good investments in Africa’s #InternationalDevelopment research community: bit.ly/3sokHJP #FTFInnovationLabs
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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.
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