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  1. Ohio State Researcher to Re-write Ohio’s Phosphorus Index to Improve Water Quality

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/ohio-state-researcher-re-write-ohio%E2%80%99s-phosphorus-index-improve-water-quality

    Conservation Service Ohio Phosphorus (P) Risk Index to better predict the risk of phosphorus moving off farm ... phosphorus.  Because the Ohio P Risk Index is used by farmers statewide in developing nutrient management plans ... update the Phosphorus Risk Index will help us determine what the next best management practices are when ...

  2. Online tool that helps protect water is now being made even better

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/july-august-2016/online-tool-helps-protect-water-now-being-made

    revise the Ohio Phosphorus Risk Index, an online tool that farmers can use to determine — and, if ... done.”—Libby Dayton An integral part of managing phosphorus The Ohio Phosphorus Risk Index is an integral part ... of Environment and Natural Resources. Through her On-Field Ohio project, she’s working to update and ...

  3. Good news: Ohio’s soil phosphorus levels are trending down

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/good-news-ohio%E2%80%99s-soil-phosphorus-levels-trending-down

    phosphorus in the soil should result in reduced phosphorus runoff risk,” Dayton said. “These findings show ... which came through the college’s Field to Faucet initiative, represent good news for Ohioans concerned ... that Ohio farmers are doing a good job of managing soil phosphorus levels. “While there is still room ...

  4. Phosphorus Risk to Water? Seminar Thursday (1/27) on How to Gauge It

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/phosphorus-risk-water-seminar-thursday-127-how-gauge-it

    a Phosphorus Risk Index Framework in Ohio” from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Thursday (1/27) as part of the school’s ... Phosphorus Risk Index is a field-based planning tool that integrates soil properties, hydrology and ... agricultural management practices to assess the risk of phosphorus movement from soil to water, according to ...

  5. Teaming up with farmers to protect Ohio’s water

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/july-august-2014/teaming-farmers-protect-ohio%E2%80%99s-water

    Work continues on a project to revise the Ohio Phosphorus Risk Index. The index is a planning tool ... index more accurate and to increase farmers’ management options for reducing phosphorus runoff, said ... Resources. Phosphorus is an agricultural pollutant often implicated in reduced water quality in Ohio. It is ...

  6. OARDC Impact Archive

    https://oardc.osu.edu/node/1992

    the risk of allergic reactions. On-Field Ohio: Rewriting Ohio’s Phosphorus Risk Index Ohio ... Conservation Service Ohio Phosphorus (P) Risk Index to be more precise in predicting the risk of phosphorus ... generates nearly $50 million a year for Ohio’s economy, and OARDC’s Ohio Center for Aquaculture Research and ...

  7. Investigating the Impact of Climate Change on Index Insurance Demand

    https://aede.osu.edu/news/investigating-impact-climate-change-index-insurance-demand

    part of the solution to this increased risk, but little research has examined whether index insurance ... systemic shocks faced by smallholder farmers in the developing world. Index insurance has been proposed as ... programs themselves are vulnerable to changes in risk associated with climate change. Using a framed field ...

  8. Dispatch from the Field: Tony Gallenstein on His Work with the iAGRI Program in Tanzania

    https://aede.osu.edu/newsletter/news-aede/april-2016/dispatch-field-tony-gallenstein-his-work-iagri-program-tanzania

    of index insurance in the agricultural finance sector in Tanzania.   Through this initiative, it is ... investigating the impact of index insurance on risk-taking in individual and joint liability smallholder ... for the Innovative Agricultural Research Initiative (iAGRI), a USAID Feed the Future project. AEDE’s ...

  9. Dispatch from the Field: Tony Gallenstein on His Work with the iAGRI Program in Tanzania

    https://aede.osu.edu/news/dispatch-field-tony-gallenstein-his-work-iagri-program-tanzania

    of index insurance in the agricultural finance sector in Tanzania.   Through this initiative, it is ... investigating the impact of index insurance on risk-taking in individual and joint liability smallholder ... for the Innovative Agricultural Research Initiative (iAGRI), a USAID Feed the Future project. AEDE’s ...

  10. OSU Environmental Economist: Market-based Solutions to Reduce Phosphorus Emissions Should be Examined

    https://aede.osu.edu/news/osu-environmental-economist-market-based-solutions-reduce-phosphorus-emissions-should-be

    COLUMBUS, Ohio – Though soil erosion prevention programs have resulted in a 30 to 40 percent ... phosphorus emissions recommended by the Ohio Phosphorus Task Force, more than 12,000 tons of phosphorus ... phosphorus costs have reduced emissions. For example, high phosphorus prices from 2006 to 2011 resulted in ...

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