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Elodie Becquey

Elodie Becquey is a Senior Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit, based in IFPRI’s West and Central Africa office in Senegal. She has over 15 years of research experience in diet, nutrition, and food security in Africa, including countries such as Burkina Faso, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, and Tanzania.

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Kenyan farmers benefit from innovative climate risk financing scheme (Xinhua News)

September 02, 2019

Xinhuanet.com (China) published an article on an innovative program, Risk-Contingent Credit (RCC) that helps farmers by giving vouchers for high-quality inputs (seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides) and agronomic training. IFPRI researcher, Liangzhi You, explains that the project also incorporates an insurance firm and a banking institution to help farmers gain benefit from their farming activity.

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