Smallholder farmers in developing countries face several different constraints limiting their ability to reach their production potential.

Climate change will have an impact on natural resources, water being one of them, affecting the availability of water including increasing the intensity of floods and droughts.

In this study, we present results from a large ensemble of projected changes in seasonal precipitation and near-surface air temperature changes for the nation of South Africa.

This report describes the present state of agricultural value chain finance in Viet Nam and suggests policies that could help expand its availability.

Farmers in India are increasingly exposed to climate change and natural disasters, causing extreme hardship. Anticipating the possibility of such calamities, farmers underinvest in productivity-enhancing technologies.

This report summarizes results from qualitative research on a picture-based insurance solution to improve agricultural risk management.

Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Change (BRACC) is a five year program whose main objective is to strengthen the resilience of poor and vulnerable households to withstand current and future weather and climate-related shocks and stres

The International Center for Agricultural Research, International Food Policy Research Institute, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Gondar Agricultural Research Center in Ethiopia, and National Agricultural Research Institute of Eri

This IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems, also known as the Special Report on Climate Change and Land (SRRCL), is

During this conference, the CCAFS Learning Platform for Agricultural Insurance, led by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and implemented in partnership with the CGIAR research program for Policies, Institutions and Markets (

The study found that dynamic crop models have the accuracy to predict normal to high yields, but there are limits to their ability to capture low yields.

La biotechnologie est utilisée pour lever les contraintes de développement de l'agriculture et a également le potentiel d'apporter un contribution majeure à l'objectif global d'une intensification durable de l'agriculture.

The African Development Bank (AfDB), in commissioning this report to be prepared by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), highlighted the need for a comprehensive, evidenced-based review of agricultural biotechnology in order t

This diagnostic evaluates formal and informal players operating at the low end of the insurance market and across various facets of the value chain.

Although farmers in developing countries are generally thought to be risk averse, little is known about the actual form of their risk preferences.

"This study compares the effects of importing fresh Mexican Hass avocados into the United States under three scenarios for mitigating pest risks. The analysis finds that Scenario 1, adherence to the U.S.