Center for Effective Global Action 265d ago

Research to Action for Resilient Agriculture Session 1: Leveraging Digital Technology to Address Weather Based-Risk Small-scale farmers are among the most vulnerable to climate change. Unpredictable climate events like droughts and floods threaten livelihoods where agriculture serves as the primary source of both food security and economic opportunity. The growth of digital technologies offers new opportunities to provide timely, tailored, and low-cost digital services to farmers. This session will explore how digital interventions can deliver genuine improvements in farmers’ lives, while advocating for rigorous measurement and evaluation strategies to understand what works, why it works, and who benefits from digital solutions. Speakers: Fiona Burlig, Assistant Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago | The Value of Long-Range Forecasts: Experimental Evidence from India Berber Kramer, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI | Picture-based Crop Insurance (PBI) Tetyana Zelenska, Director of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning | Digital Green