MRR Innovation Lab

Michael Carter, UC Davis on Bundling Genetic and Financial Technolo gies to mitigate risk

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

#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

@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…

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

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/regist… @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

#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

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.