MRR Innovation Lab

Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience #MarketsRiskResilience @UCDavis @FeedtheFuture @USAID @copreshub #EndHunger #globaldev

[Peter Quartey @pquartey1]

Michael Carter, UC Davis on Bundling Genetic and Financial Technolo gies to mitigate risk

[International Center for Evaluation & Development @ICED_THINKTANK]

We’re so happy to have shared the space with a variety of capable and dedicated researchers, experts, and individuals at #E2A2023, thanks to the @MoPD_Ethiopia, @UGondar, @HortInnovLab, @EthioEconAssoc, @EEvA_Ethiopia, @GDNint, @MRRInnovLab, @CampbellReviews, and so many others.

[International Center for Evaluation & Development @ICED_THINKTANK]

7 days to go before the first day of #E2A2023. The anticipation is building!

Join us for the opening press conference with ICED’s CEO @ameyawds and representatives from @EthioEconAssoc, @EEvA_Ethiopia, @MoPD_Ethiopia, among others.

[CA&ES, UC Davis @ucdavisCAES]

Congratulations to Distinguished Prof. Michael Carter w/ the #UCDavis @MRRInnovLab whose paper that catalyzed the growth of drought protection insurance in Kenya was honored with the Robert I. Mehr Award from @ARIArisk for its lasting impact! Nice work!
https://t.co/unmhLDFZO0

[Feed the Future @FeedtheFuture]

For the past two years, @MRRInnovLab Director Michael Carter has been developing an economic measure of #resilience using commonly available data. This work could help identify which households are most vulnerable & effective resilience programming. https://t.co/Wgw8oXxpqd

[International Center for Evaluation & Development @ICED_THINKTANK]

Have you registered for our ALL IN Research Network June Seminar? You can still register here:https://t.co/XnRAQeg6V5.
See you all today from 4:00 PM EAT! #LocallyLedResearch #EndHunger
@FeedtheFuture @ameyawds @MRRInnovLab

[International Center for Evaluation & Development @ICED_THINKTANK]

ICED News Special Edition - out now: https://t.co/W6Dm9gsImw.
In anticipation of #E2A2023, our special edition newsletter shares perspectives from last year's attendees and some of our featured experts from @MRRInnovLab, @GDNint, and many others.

[International Center for Evaluation & Development @ICED_THINKTANK]

See how the @FeedtheFuture ALL-IN project, implemented by @MRRInnovLab and @ICED_THINKTANK, is Going “ALL-IN” on Locally Led Development Research: https://t.co/e9VjNOkfRY. #EndHunger #LocallyLedResearch @USAID @Agrilinks @ameyawds

[Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku @Kelvinchish]

Excellent insights at the #REF2023 on resilience building. Grateful to have the opportunity to speak about livestock insurance and financial inclusion for women. @MRRInnovLab @ILRI @CGIAR

[Feed the Future @FeedtheFuture]

1️⃣Day until the Resilience Evidence Forum! Hosted by @USAID & @grp_resilience #REF2023 will take stock of the latest evidence on resilience & its implications for policy & programming across partners and geographies. Virtual registration is still open: https://t.co/Knke3L2Hxs

[Busara @BusaraCenter]

“There’s a huge malnutrition problem in the Global South,” Solomon Zena Walelign, Director of Research, @ICED_THINKTANK, on ‘The Impact of Infrastructure on Nutritious Diet, Women's Economic Empowerment, and Gender Equality: An Evidence Gap Map’ during the #AES2023.

[International Center for Evaluation & Development @ICED_THINKTANK]

Soil acidity problem is a significant cause of low and stagnated crop yields in Kenya. Here's @FeedtheFuture ALL-IN's emerging insights on Why Soil Testing is Key to Improve Yields on Smallholder Farms in Kenya: https://t.co/ixS87CfiW5 #EndHunger
@ameyawds @MRRInnovLab

[International Center for Evaluation & Development @ICED_THINKTANK]

#E2A2023 is fast approaching (July 24-28). Convened in #Ethiopia, event brings together various stakeholders-dev partners, research institutions, relevant govt ministries etc. Listen to @MRRInnovLab's Director, Prof Carter share his thoughts on this year's conference: @ameyawds

[Feed the Future @FeedtheFuture]

.@MRRInnovLab is returning to #Bangladesh to see if improvements generated by a three-year program to promote agricultural diversity, increase income, improve nutrition and empower women were sustained after a devastating cyclone. Learn why: https://t.co/XZXIbyG83t

[Agrilinks @Agrilinks]

@FeedtheFuture ALL-IN flips the traditional model of development research collaborations, putting researchers at African institutions in the lead on implementing high-impact research. Find out more about the program and how it can shape development! https://t.co/jQdMLGTfgs

[International Center for Evaluation & Development @ICED_THINKTANK]

Check out how @FeedtheFuture ALL-IN project is strengthening capacity of policymakers in Ethiopia to design evidence-based policies to tackle challenges like food insecurity: https://t.co/FRk5g9ZCZu. #EndHunger
@USAID @ameyawds @MRRInnovLab

[International Center for Evaluation & Development @ICED_THINKTANK]

Our ARN initiative continues to curate opportunities for global south researchers to collaborate and cross-learn while strengthening their capacity on areas like emerging research and funding trends. Join our virtual May seminar: https://t.co/jswRt6bdxb @tweet_afrea @ameyawds

[Feed the Future @FeedtheFuture]

Smallholder farmers face a tremendous amount of risk. @MRRInnovLab Associate Director Tara Chiu makes a case for insurance companies and microfinance institutions to invest in the future of risk-management tools for these farmers: https://t.co/TW44j7lUgt

[MRR Innovation Lab @MRRInnovLab]

#Locallyled research can have outsized impacts on rural communities.
See how @MRRInnovLab and its @FeedtheFuture ALL-IN initiative with @ICED_THINKTANK builds on good investments in Africa’s #InternationalDevelopment research community: https://t.co/yhx0owy8sM
#FTFInnovationLabs

[MRR Innovation Lab @MRRInnovLab]

We are happy to join the #FTFInnovationLabs Regional Partners Meeting in Kenya. Here with FTF Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry director Huaijun Zhou, @MRRInnovLab director Michael Carter and Kathryn Stahlberg, Senior Risk Advisor with @USAID Center for Resilience.