Research Posts

Addressing the knowledge gap on financial needs of firms in agricultural value chains

Agricultural value chains (AVCs) are an essential component of food systems—aggregating, processing, and delivering food to retailers. Without them, consumers
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Supply and demand side barriers to reach uninsured farmers: Field-level insights on agricultural microinsurance in Bangladesh

Insights from field visits to districts in northern Bangladesh that could help better understand the agricultural microinsurance context in the region.
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Get ready to be schooled! (…about IFPRI’s research on education)

Building incentives to foster more effective teaching and learning.
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Varying impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns on farmer incomes: Evidence from India

Wheat producers in India suffered only minimal declines in income due to lockdown as compared to the tomato producers.
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Two years on, resilience innovations help food supply chains overcome COVID-19 disruptions

Food value chains in LMICs have expanded and lengthened immensely in recent decades to serve rapidly growing cities while meeting rural demand.
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