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

Applied 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, Hunter Biram, Amy Hagerman   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Farmers’Willingnessto Pay for Crop Insurance: Evidence from Eastern Ghana [PDF]

International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development, 2017
Crop insurance is a risk management tool with the potential of dealing with risk more efficiently. This study uses a dichotomous contingent valuation method to elicit the willingness to pay for crop insurance among cereal farmers in the Eastern ...
Emmanuella Ellis
doaj  

Expectations of the Participants of the Crop Insurance System and Their Implementation

Agriculture, 2023
The manufacture of agriculture production products is the most sensitive to meteorological conditions. The main risks caused by adverse climate factors that Lithuania’s farmers confront are winterkill, hail, storms, and droughts.
Martynas Rusteika, Lina Skinulienė
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Assessing Government Subsidies for Reducing Pesticide Use: A Meta‐Analysis

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the efforts being made by governments to reduce pesticide use, subsidies are an important instrument to encourage farmers to adopt more sustainable practices. Yet, their effectiveness remains uncertain due to diverse designs and contexts.
Gaëlle Leduc, Douadia Bougherara, Thi Thanh Mai Ha, Laure Latruffe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Expanded Farm Safety Net Payments Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) strengthens the agricultural risk coverage (ARC) and price loss coverage (PLC) programs by aligning program parameters more closely with recent market dynamics and allows for an expansion in program acres. This study projects the increases in ARC‐County and PLC payments for corn, soybeans, and wheat under
Oranuch Wongpiyabovorn, Tayatorn Pongspikul, Alejandro Plastina, Anup Paudel, Chandan Bhattarai, Jennifer Ifft   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Crop insurance in Karnataka [PDF]

, 2005
The authors examine the performance of the crop insurance scheme in Karnataka, a southern state of India and the second driest state in the country. Their analysis highlights weaknesses in product design, implementation challenges, and operational problems.
Kalavakonda, Vijay, Mahul, Olivier
openaire   +2 more sources

Transformative crop insurance solution with big earth data: Implementation for potato in India

Climate Risk Management
Context: Crop insurance has become an indispensable risk management tool in the agricultural sector because globally crops are being exposed to multiple hazards.
C.S. Murthy, Karun Kumar Choudhary, Varun Pandey, P. Srikanth, Siddesh Ramasubramanian, G. Senthil Kumar, Malay Kumar Poddar, Cristina Milesi, Ramakrishna Nemani   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effectiveness of the Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage Rainfall Index (PRF‐RI) Program: Interval Selections With Uniform Premium Subsidy Rates

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines interval selection in the Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage Rainfall Index (PRF‐RI) program and evaluates how uniform premium subsidy rates affect optimal interval selections. Using South Dakota as a case study, we show a trend of increasing selection of nonproduction intervals from 2013 to 2024, raising concerns about program
Whoi Cho, Matthew Diersen
wiley   +1 more source

How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Agricultural Diversification at the Margin. Strategies and Determinants in Italian Mountain and Remote Areas

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli, Francesco Pagliacci, Paola Gatto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source