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  1. 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 ...

  2. 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 ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. The Implications of Environmental Policy on Nutrient Outputs in Agricultural Watersheds

    https://aede.osu.edu/about-us/publications/implications-environmental-policy-nutrient-outputs-agricultural-watersheds

    phosphorus pollution from agriculture have had any impact on water quality outcomes. Using daily observations ... model of phosphorus emissions. Phosphorus emissions are the most important contributor to harmful algal ... blooms, which have recently caused significant health concerns. Our results indicate that these voluntary ...

  6. Ohio State Economist: Taxing Phosphorus Could Reduce Risk of Algal Blooms

    https://aede.osu.edu/news/ohio-state-economist-taxing-phosphorus-could-reduce-risk-algal-blooms

    severe algal blooms that stem from phosphorus, an Ohio State University environmental economist suggests ... quality as the cost of phosphorus has increased. “As a result of higher phosphorus prices in 2005 to 2010, ... . “There’s an enormous pool of phosphorus just sitting in soils in northwest Ohio because we’ve overapplied ...

  7. Mario Javier Miranda

    https://aede.osu.edu/our-people/mario-javier-miranda

    Preparation    Bangwan, Sureewan & Mario J. Miranda. “Catastrophic Risk, Weather Index Insurance and ... & Mario J. Miranda. “Systemic Risk, Index Insurance and the Sustainability of Joint Liability Group ... J. Miranda. “Covariate Risk, Index Insurance, and the Sustainability of Informal Risk Sharing ...

  8. Dairy Numbers Considered: A look at 2019 and 2020

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-23-issue-1/dairy-numbers-considered-look-2019-and-2020

    to $800. Positive net returns are needed to make principal payments, generate family living, pay ... Dianne Shoemaker, Dairy Farm Management Specialist, Ohio State University Extension The first half ... Uniform Price (Table 1) averaged $15.85/cwt in 2020, $1.36 lower than 2019’s $17.21/cwt.  USDA’s 2020 Ohio ...

  9. Feed and Nutrient Costs in Dairy Production: Will it Get Any Worse?

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-13-issue-1/feed-and-nutrient-costs-dairy-production-will-it-get

    market.  In January, the Cow-Jones Index for Ohio stood at $5.41/cwt.  A Cow-Jones of ~ $8/cwt indicates ... costs.  Effective risk management might be imperative. Figure 1. The Cow-Jones Index from January 2005 ... Dr. Normand St-Pierre, Dairy Extension Specialist, The Ohio State University  The spot market for ...

  10. 2018 Dairy Farm Business Summary Now Available

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-21-issue-6/2018-dairy-farm-business-summary-now-available

    average continue to generate substantial positive net returns.  If those returns are “enough”, depends on ... Dianne Shoemaker, Field Specialist, Dairy Production Economics, Ohio State University Extension ... The 2018 dairy analysis work is in the books and is very reflective of Ohio’s dairy industry.  Several ...

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