studies conducted on the use of specific technology platforms to transmit price information or to

conduct agricultural extension have arrived at surprisingly mixed results. Recent innovations in risk
sharing, such as the use of index insurance, have largely fallen flat due to lack of demand. Some of the
excitement around novel FinTech solutions for agriculture, such as the use of the blockchain, is still
largely unproven. Hence, in this paper we also provide a summary of the recent rigorous empirical
evidence from field studies as to the success of FinTech innovations, and try to point