Trip Report: National Capital and Poverty Reduction, Uganda: May 31- June 5, 2010

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• Date of Publication: 2010
• Author(s): Gerald Shively
• Type of Document: Project Document

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Markets

Insuring Against the Weather: Addressing the Challenges of Basis Risk in Index Insurance using Gap Insurance

This research considers the following question: how can generic weather index products be designed and combined with network based savings, gifts and loans to insure some […]

• Start Date: 2010
• End Date: 2013/09/30
• Project Code: Not Available
• Lead University: University of Colorado

• Region: Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Markets

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

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 […]

• Start Date: 2010
• End Date: 2014/09/30
• Project Code: Not Available
• Lead University: University of California - Davis

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Innovation, Markets

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

Group Insurance: The Case of Cotton Producers in Mali

The aim of this project is to insure Malian cotton producers. The vast majority of cotton producers in Mali are small farmers for whom cotton represents […]

• Start Date: 2010
• End Date: 2013/06/30
• Project Code: Not Available
• Lead University: Duke University

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Markets

Savings, Subsidies and Sustainable Food Security: A Field Experiment in Mozambique

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• Date of Publication: 11/2/2009
• Author(s): Michael R. Carter; Rachid Laajaj; Dean Yang; Rob Groot; Carlos Zandamela; Aniceto Matias; Emily Haddad; Douglas Pond; Alberto Cumaio; Sicco Kolijn; Domingos Luis
• Type of Document: Project Document

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Food Security

Savings, Subsidies and Sustainable Food Security: A Field Experiment in Mozambique

Several sub-Saharan African countries have implemented large-scale fertilizer subsidy programs in an attempt to boost the productivity and food security of small farmers. With the recent […]

• Start Date: September 2009
• End Date: April 2012
• Project Code: Not Available
• Lead University: University of Michigan

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Food Security, Markets

Mazunda, John

• Start Date: 2009/08/15
• End Date: 2011/07/15
• University: Purdue University
• Degree: MS

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Markets

Korvayan Nyaley, Gertrude

• Start Date: 2009/08/01
• End Date: 2011/08/31
• University: Makerere University
• Degree: MS

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Markets