Senior Research StaffFrancisco CeballosResearch Fellow PublicationsNewsEventsBlogsResearch Featured Publications * The role of asymmetric information in multi-peril picture-based crop insurance: Field experiments in India * Is agricultural insurance fulfilling its promise for the developing world? * Crop prices, farm incomes, and food security during the COVID-19 pandemic in India: Phone-based producer survey evidence from Haryana State * Short‐term impacts of COVID‐19 on food security and nutrition in rural Guatemala: Phone‐based farm household survey evidence * Improving the performance of index insurance using crop models and phenological monitoring * Impacts of a national lockdown on smallholder farmers’ income and food security: Empirical evidence from two states in India * Demand heterogeneity for index-based insurance: The case for flexible products * The feasibility of Picture-Based Insurance (PBI): Smartphone pictures for affordable crop insurance * Grain price and volatility transmission from international to domestic markets in developing countries * Demand for a simple weather insurance product in India Recent News * Making crop insurance work for Indian farmers • Jul 16, 2019 * Photo-based crop insurance could debut in Kenya in 2019 (SciDev) • Jul 24, 2018 Recent Events Jul, 28 - Aug, 2 2018 • 30th International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE) Jun, 26 2018 • Food Industries for People and Planet Jun, 12 - 15 2018 • 2018 International Consortium on Applied Bioeconomy Research Conference (ICABR) Oct, 25 - 27 2017 • 2017 ReSAKSS Annual Conference - A Thriving Agricultural Sector in A Changing Climate: Meeting Malabo Declaration Goals through Climate-Smart Agriculture IFPRI.ORG Blogs Recent Blogs * Developing and implementing Picture-Based Advisories (PBA) for farmers in Kenya • Dec 31, 2022 * Varying impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns on farmer incomes: Evidence from India • Feb 24, 2022 * Survey: Short-term impacts of COVID-19 in rural Guatemala call for a closer, continuous look at the food security and nutritional patterns of vulnerable families • May 13, 2021 Topics Food Security Migration and Remittances Nutrition Resilience Risk and Insurance Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Current page 2 About CV ORCID Publications Google Scholar Citations Research Gate Profile Units Markets, Trade, and Institutions (MTI) Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) CGIAR Initiatives Diversification in East and Southern Africa Fragility, Conflict, and Migration Sustainable Healthy Diets Offices IFPRI-Washington, DC
