Resilient Agriculture Finance and Insurance Research Collaborative

About the Resilient Agriculture Finance and Insurance Research Collaborative

The Resilient Agriculture Finance & Insurance Research Collaborative, a joint initiative of Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) and the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, is seeking research to advance finance and insurance solutions for U.S. farmers.

The purpose of this program is to accelerate the development of finance and insurance innovations that enable farmers, ranchers and agribusinesses to invest in practices, technologies and production systems that improve farmer resilience to adverse events that affect their operations.

FFAR and our partners are seeking research that:

• Addresses key research priorities for farmers and ranchers, university researchers, agricultural lenders and crop insurers.
• Generates actionable insights for financial and insurance institutions that can be translated into new business practices, tools or policies by 2028.
• Involves engagement with one or more financial institutions or insurers in the research design process to help translate insights into impact.
• Demonstrates how your work will influence the financial and insurance sectors.

Watch this webinar recording for an overview of the opportunity including answers to application questions.