On July 10, 2019, the NASA Earth Observatory blog featured a post about a recent training at RCMRD in Kenya led by QUIIC principal investigator Michael Carter. The post, by SERVIR Earth scientist Sara Miller, describes how satellite data can be used to build insurance based on predictions of crop losses, and why quality is so critical.
On December 13, 2018, The Economist featured the UC Davis index insurance quality initiative QUIIC in an article about agricultural insurance in Africa.
On September 10, 2018, enstartup.com featured a new USAID initiative led by AMA Innovation Lab director Michael Carter to establish the world's first quality certification for agricultural index insurance in Kenya.
