Blogs
Bridging the smallholder finance gap: Collaborative research with WeGro in Bangladesh
Helping farmers purchase and sell livestock.
Addressing the knowledge gap on the financial needs of firms in the midstream of agricultural value chains
Shedding light on a key segment of the food system.
Can phone surveys be used in standard poverty measurement? Evidence from Ethiopia
An experiment suggests survey fatigue can skew results.
Increasing financial access in Ethiopia through mobile money: Results from experiments to catalyze enrollment and use among women and refugees
Testing ways to expand digital financial inclusion.
Examining ways to promote mobile money use in refugee-hosting areas in Ethiopia
The importance of digital financial inclusion.
Designing a community referral system to increase financial access among women and refugees in refugee hosting areas in Ethiopia
A pilot program promotes and studies mobile banking.
Book: Improving African agricultural value chains to boost production and revenue
Pathways for smallholders to fulfill their potential.
Mapping evidence of food system transformation for healthier diets: What works?
Surveying which innovations work best to build better nutrition.
Agricultural value chain finance can help drive Myanmar’s agricultural growth
Overcoming limited access to banking and other services.
Survey: Despite COVID-19, food consumption remains steady in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Results suggest phone surveys reporting falling incomes in the pandemic should be viewed with caution.
New methods aren’t always silver bullets: Challenges with use of the inverse hyperbolic sine transformation for elasticity estimation
An analysis of food demand data from Nigeria identifies an interesting problem.
Exploring farmer adoption of conservation agriculture using a lab-in-the-field approach
Testing the role of subsidies in adopting techniques to build long-term resilience.
New directions for agricultural value chain finance in Viet Nam
Developing a better banking and credit system for smallholders.
Survey suggests rising risk of food and nutrition insecurity in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as COVID-19 restrictions continue
Poor urban households are hit the hardest by pandemic control measures.
Understanding what impacts last, after the project ends
A biofortification project in Mozambique shows lasting nutrition benefits.
How migration benefits economies and food security
As migrants face a difficult political climate, a look at the positive impacts of migration.
Sharing results of a project to increase farmers’ production in Senegal
A smallholder farmer support program adapted from a Brazilian model finds initial successes.
Harnessing value chains to improve food systems
Chapter 6 of the 2016 Global Food Policy Report highlights the need to adapt food systems to support nutritious and sustainably-produced diets.
Enabling evaluation: Building capacity with our partners
MTID partners with FONGS, a federation of farmers’ associations in Senegal, to build M&E capacity.