Area Based Yield Insurance for Peruvian Coastal Agriculture

This project tested an area-based yield (ARBY) insurance scheme for small and medium sized producers in selected valleys of the Peruvian coast.

• Start Date: 2007/11/01
• End Date: 2009/03/01
• Project Code: Not Available
• Lead University: University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
• Topic: Food Security, Markets

Enhancing Smallholder Competitiveness in the Face of Globalization

This project studied how fair trade, linking of insurance to credit, credit bureaus, and microfinance lending increases the competitiveness of the smallholder sector.

• Start Date: 2007/10/01
• End Date: 2011/06/01
• Project Code: Not Available
• Lead University: University of California - Berkeley

• Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
• Topic: Markets

Galeana, Fernando

• Start Date: 2007/09/01
• End Date: 2009/05/01
• University: Johns Hopkins University
• Degree: MS

• Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
• Topic: Policy

Solis, Alex

• Start Date: 2007/08/20
• End Date: 2013/05/31
• University: University of California - Berkeley
• Degree: PhD

• Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
• Topic: Markets

Case Study of Guatemalan Producer Groups in the Non-Traditional Export Sector: Report from the June-July 2007 fieldwork

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• Date of Publication: 7/1/2007
• Author(s): Steve Buck
• Type of Document: Research Report

• Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
• Topic: Markets

BASIS Brief 2007-06: Improving Smallfarmer Access to Modernizing Value Chains in Indonesia and Nicaragua

Highlights the methodology and impact of BASIS CRSP research.

• Date of Publication: 7/1/2007
• Author(s): Thomas Reardon; Ronnie S. Natawidjaja; Francisco J. Perez
• Type of Document: Research Brief

• Region: Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean
• Topic: Markets

BASIS Brief 2007-01: Evaluating and Improving Interventions for Asset Accumulation, Risk Management, and Rural Poverty Reduction in Nicaragua

Highlights the methodology and impact of BASIS CRSP research.

• Date of Publication: 7/1/2007
• Author(s): Karen Macours; Renos Vakis; Vanessa Castro
• Type of Document: Research Brief

• Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
• Topic: Markets

Access to Modernizing Value Chains by Small Farmers in Indonesia and Nicaragua

This project investigated how transformations in the agrifood industry have affected small farmers’ access to markets and assets in Nicaragua and Indonesia. This project focused on […]

• Start Date: 2007/05/01
• End Date: 2011/04/30
• Project Code: Not Available
• Lead University: Michigan State University

• Region: Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean
• Topic: Markets

Cash Transfers, Risk Management, and Asset Accumulation: Policy Evaluation for Rural Poverty Reduction in Nicaragua

Coming soon

• Date of Publication: 3/1/2007
• Author(s): Karen Macours; Vanessa Castro
• Type of Document: Project Document

• Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
• Topic: Policy

Cash Transfers, Risk Management and Asset Accumulation: Policy evaluation for rural poverty reduction in Nicaragua

This project aimed to look at the long-term impact of a cash transfer pilot program, and whether it would increase the asset base and/or facilitate income […]

• Start Date: 2007
• End Date: 2011
• Project Code: Not Available
• Lead University: Johns Hopkins University

• Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
• Topic: Policy