CRSP BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA) : CRSPs

Tailoring Contract Farming to Smallholders: Experimental Evidence on Enrollment Impact, Insurance Provision, and Communication Technologies

The research proposes three field experiments in Kenya to evaluate the potential of contract farming schemes to increase smallholder welfare. In the first intervention, a large […]

Start Date: 2013/06/01
End Date: 2017/11/30
Project Code: Not Available
Lead University: Stanford University

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Innovation, Markets

CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)

Database: Project

Disseminating Innovative Resources and Technologies to Smallholders (DIRTS) in Northern Region, Ghana

In Ghana’s Northern Region, smallholder farmers cultivate rainfed crops, face significant risk of weather shocks, chronically underinvest in input technologies, achieve just a fraction of potential […]

Start Date: 2012/10/01
End Date: 2015/12/31
Project Code: Not Available
Lead University: Yale University

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Food Security, Innovation, Productivity

CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)

Database: Project

A Multiple Interventions Approach to Increasing Technology Adoption with a View Towards Scaling-Up: Evidence from Mexico (MITA)

Crop yields in much of the developing world remain below potential partly due to low adoption of profitable technological packages (e.g. improved seeds and fertilizer). In […]

Start Date: October 2012
End Date: 2015/10/31
Project Code: Not Available
Lead University: University of California - Los Angeles

Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
Topic: Innovation, Markets

CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)

Database: Project

Developing a Satellite based Index to Predict Crop Yields in Smallholder Agriculture

The goal of this work is to produce a satellite based index that can accurately predict yields in three pilot areas in rural Tanzania. The pilot […]

Start Date: 2012
End Date: 2013/09/30
Project Code: Not Available
Lead University: University of California - Davis

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Climate Change, Innovation, Markets

CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)

Database: Project

Index-Based Livestock Insurance: Adaptation and Innovations for Ethiopia

The Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) Ethiopia pilot project builds on lessons learned from a highly innovative pilot venture underway in northern Kenya, adapting that pilot to […]

Start Date: 2010
End Date: 2014/09/30
Project Code: Not Available
Lead University: Cornell University

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Innovation, Markets

CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)

Database: Project

Interlinking weather index insurance with credit to alleviate market failures and improve agricultural productivity in rural Ethiopia

Smallholder farmers are beset by an interlocking set of market failures. Credit, insurance, and therefore the very use of costly inputs such as fertilizer can remain […]

Start Date: 2010
End Date: 2013/09/30
Project Code: Not Available
Lead University: University of California - San Diego

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Innovation, Markets

CRSP: BASIS Assets and Market Access (AMA)

Database: Project

Dual Strike Point Index Insurance Contracts for Cotton Farmers in West Africa

The BASIS I4 research team, led by researchers at the University of California Davis and the University de Namur, designed an innovative multi-scale insurance index that […]