Smallholder farmers may suffer losses from ex-treme weather events, pests and disease. This is expected to worsen in the face of climate change.

The decision of whether to migrate or not is one of several important decisions made by young men and women throughout the developing world.

Financial instruments such as savings, loans, and insurance are critical tools in managing risk for smallholder farmers across the developing world.

Scaling insurance to transfer climate risk from the rural poor to financial markets is vital to enhance agricultural risk management in developing countries, but insurance programs need to address several challenges in order to improve resilience

Production risk is pervasive in agriculture, yet smallholder farmers lack access to quality insurance.

US agricultural producers have been hard hit by the actions of Canada, China, Mexico, and other countries that have imposed tariffs against US agricultural products in retaliation for adverse trade actions from the Trump administration against the

Extreme weather events, such as heatwaves, droughts, and excess rainfall, are a major cause of crop yield losses and food insecurity worldwide.

Para alcanzar los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) en el espacio rural de América Latina y el Caribe es cuando menos necesario responder las siguientes interrogantes: ¿Cuál es el marco de políticas macroeconómicas y sectoriales que pueden

Smallholder farmers are increasingly exposed to weather extremes but lack access to affordable insurance products for catastrophic crop damage.

The challenges to meeting the growing global food demand—population and income growth and supply uncertainties complicated by climate change, environmental pressures, and water scarcity—all point to the increasing importance of trade and the need

Researchers and policymakers have long understood the benefits of crop insurance but have been consistently disappointed by the poor performance of these programs.

IFPRI, together with partners from India as well as the academic community, pioneered in testing whether smartphone camera data could strengthen insurance products in India.

The study explores the diffusion process of innovators, early adopters, and late adopters of agricultural technologies.

Low-income households around the world are particularly vulnerable to shocks, but also the least prepared when a shock hits.

One of the most promising strategies to boost farmers’ income in developing countries is the adoption of improved technologies, such as modern cultivars that may produce higher yields.