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Low Participation and Risk Reduction Potential of Supplemental Crop Insurance in the United States

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Federally subsidized crop insurance is a cornerstone of U.S. farm risk management, yet policies with the greatest share of participation only trigger indemnities after losses exceed 15%. Supplemental insurance was introduced to cover part of this deductible, but participation remains largely unchanged.
Francis Tsiboe   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cropland Redistribution: A Synergistic Strategy for Boosting Grain Production While Mitigating Soil Erosion

open access: yesEarth's Future
China faces significant spatial mismatches between steeply sloped cropland and gently sloped forest and orchard land. Optimizing the spatial distribution of cropland is critical for food security and ecological conservation in China, where cropland ...
Yuqing Yin   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unsupervised Cross-Regional and Cross-Year Adaptation by Climate Indicator Discrepancy for Crop Classification

open access: yesJournal of Remote Sensing
Large-scale model transfer facilitates crop classification in unlabeled sample regions. However, due to the spectral differences in the satellite image time series (SITS) of the same crop type caused by variations in a crop-growing environment between ...
Hengbin Wang   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

TRANSITION OF AGRICULTURAL LAND OWNERSHIP AND USE [PDF]

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A natural propensity was found which indicates that most agricultural producers believe their land will be operated by one or more of their children when they retire.
Tronstad, Russell   +2 more
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Delaying the Inevitable? U.S. Screwworm Closures and Feeder Cattle Market Dynamics

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biosecurity trade restrictions are commonly framed as preventive measures, yet in many settings they function primarily as policies of delay: they impose immediate market costs while only postponing the arrival of biological risks. This paper evaluates that intertemporal tradeoff using the 2024–2025 US suspension of live cattle imports from ...
Shelby Sumner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Response of Organic Carbon Components and Stability to Long-Term Application of Low Doses of Biochar and Biochor-Based Fertilizers

open access: yesAgronomy
Soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration plays a vital role in sustaining soil productivity and mitigating climate change. Although biochar and charcoal-based fertilizers are known to enhance SOC sequestration, current understanding is predominantly ...
Boying Wang   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Agricultural Land Market Transactions in Chhattisgarh : A Case Study [PDF]

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In the newly born state of Chhattisgarh a large number of land buyers have become actively engaged in the villages located along the national highway and at the periphery of Raipur city, the capital of Chhattisgarh to purchase prime agricultural land. In
Patil, K.M., Marothia, Dinesh K.
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U.S. Agriculture, Biofuel Markets, and Trade: Challenges and Opportunities

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using an enhanced Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model (GTAP‐BIO), this study assesses how the expansion in demand for Electric Vehicles (EVs) and the reduction in exports of agricultural products induced by trade disputes negatively affect US agriculture.
Rayan Wolf, Farzad Taheripour
wiley   +1 more source

Soil organic carbon decomposition in response to moisture, microbial communities, and biochar addition in Alfisols

open access: yesBiochar
Soil organic carbon (SOC) decomposition is influenced by fluctuations in moisture levels, which play a crucial role in regulating global soil carbon balance. Biochar is widely used as an amendment to enhance carbon sequestration and soil health. However,
Yue Pan   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

STRATEGIES TO INCREASE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AND REDUCE LAND DEGRADATION: EVIDENCE FROM UGANDA [PDF]

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This paper estimates a structural econometric model of household decisions regarding income strategies, participation in programs and organizations, crop choices, land management, and labor use, and their implications for agricultural production and land
Ssali, Henry   +4 more
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