From risk to resilience: How strategic government partnerships can enhance access to insurance-linked credit for smallholders in Zambia By Martina Source: IFPRI Africa Regional Office (AFR)
Insuring the AIP: The Devil is in the Details
Insuring the AIP - The Devil is in the Details - an extended Op-ed by Bob Baulch and Kramer on insuring the AIP. Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Can we ignore risk when we study the effects of climate change on agriculture? Research in Zambia tells us that we should not
Blog Post By Alex De Pinto Climate change is already affecting vulnerable populations in many developing countries and those impacts are projected to progressively expand. In this changing, uncertain environment of rising temperatures, extreme weather, droughts, and other problems, smallholder farmers react by adjusting their production and farm management decisions in ways that attempt to […] Source: Gender, Climate Change, and Nutrition Integration Initiative (GCAN)
The role of risk in the context of climate change, land use choices and crop production: Evidence from Zambia
Most of the studies that investigate the impacts of climate change on agriculture have concentrated on the effects of changes in mean temperature and precipitation even though the importance of volatility and risk on farmers’ decision making is well documented. This study examines the empirical importance of the effects of risk associated with the impacts […] Source: Gender, Climate Change, and Nutrition Integration Initiative (GCAN)
Research Post: Informal traders in Africa’s cities: Coopted, coerced or just neglected?
BY DANIELLE RESNICK In early 2018, as Zambia’s capital of Lusaka faced a widening cholera epidemic, the country’s president called in police and the military to raze makeshift food stalls in the city. The Minister of Local Government also issued an ord... Source: IFPRI Nigeria Country Office
