Picture-based crop insurance: A randomized controlled trial evaluating the impacts of using smartphone camera data for claims verification in India

3ie Impact Evaluation Report 141, 2025

Francisco Ceballos, Pushkar Gaur, Monali Gupta, Samyuktha Kannan, Berber Kramer

The authors of this report summarize the findings from an impact evaluation of a crop insurance scheme called picture-based crop insurance in the state of Haryana, India. 3ie initially received funding for the Agricultural Insurance Evidence Program from UK aid through the Department for International Development (now known as FCDO). The program is now funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. For more information, please click here.

KhetScore: Impacts of using digital technologies to unlock credit and insurance for marginal farmers in Odisha

Impact evaluation 3ie 2025

This report describes the findings of an impact evaluation of KhetScore, an innovative tool that employs digital technologies to unlock credit and insurance for small and marginal farmers in the state of Odisha, India.

The effects of providing paid formal work and training on women’s empowerment: Evidence from weavers’ collectives in India

Impact evaluation 3ie 2025

This report presents the results of a process evaluation of interventions aimed at weaver communities in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana implemented by the Chitrika Foundation.

Impact evaluation of the UN Secretary-General’s Peacebuilding Fund-supported East Darfur Assalaya-Sheiria-Yassin Triangle of Peace and Coexistence project

Impact evaluation 3ie 2024

This report presents new evidence on the effectiveness of a peacebuilding project in Darfur, Sudan supported by the United Nations Secretary-General's Peacebuilding Fund. It shows that the project reduced the number of land conflicts and improved service provision.

An impact assessment of EAMDA’s banana initiative to increase technology adoption by smallholder farmers in Kenya

Impact evaluation 3ie 2023

The authors of this study evaluate the short-run impacts of a project aimed at modernizing banana cultivation in Kenya implemented by the East Africa Market Development Associates (EAMDA).

Impact Evaluation of the ADN Dignidad Program: Understanding the impact of a Humanitarian Cash Transfer (HCT) program in Colombia