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New Research from Professor Mario Miranda and Katie Farrin Looks at Index Insurance Options for the Developing World
an important aspect of observed low demand for farm-level index insurance: poor individuals value ... Index insurance, which relies on an observed value of a specified “index” or some other closely ... empirical research on index insurance for developing countries and summarizes lessons learned from index ...
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Informed debate on the use of fire for peatland management means acknowledging the complexity of socio-ecological systems
S.H. Doerr, G.D. Clay, J. McMorrow and V. Vandvik. 2016. Informed debate on the use of fire for ...
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A better tool in the toolbox: New project will bolster Ohio's Phosphorus Risk Index
Service Ohio Phosphorus (P) Risk Index to better predict the risk of phosphorus moving off farm fields. ... goals are to make the Ohio P Risk Index accurate, add more best management practice options for farmers, ... and create an interactive web-based tool so farmers can calculate their P Risk Index scores, evaluate ...
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The role of fire in UK peatland and moorland management: the need for informed, unbiased debate
S.H. Doerr, G.D. Clay, J. McMorrow and V. Vandvik. 2016. The role of fire in UK peatland and moorland ...
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2013 News & Notes Archive
https://ohio4h.org/ohio-4-h-news-and-notes/2013-news-notes-archive
NCR-SARE Youth Grants, OFMA Jr. Fair Conf Planning Meeting, USDA Farm to School Program September 1 INDEX ... December 22 INDEX: Photos needed for O4-HC, O4-HC Registration, Family Guide Corrections, 2013 ... Farmland Preservation Scholarship, GIS-GPS Leadership Team December 15 INDEX: 2014 CWF, OSU AP Stylebook, ...
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2014 News & Notes Archive
https://ohio4h.org/ohio-4-h-news-and-notes/2014-news-notes-archive
Teen Leadership Board, Farm Credit Campaign November 2, 2014 INDEX: Greg Yost, InFARMation, Ensuring ... December 7, 2014 INDEX: MXC, Youth in Action Award, Agri-Science Summit, Message from USDA, ... Winter Manure Application, Travel Updates November 23, 2014 INDEX: 4-H Professionals UPDATE- 2015 ...
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Revised Phosphorus Index Can Help Curb Agricultural Runoff
https://senr.osu.edu/news/revised-phosphorus-index-can-help-curb-agricultural-runoff
program. The revised Ohio Phosphorus Risk Index is a program developed by the U.S. Department of ... farm fields. It will soon allow farmers to input their farm-specific data to generate their risk of ... phosphorus in agricultural runoff. The revised index is the result of the multiyear On-Field Ohio project led ...
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Interested in Soil Health? Learn together with OSU Extension
Improving soil health (SH) can provide a variety of benefits including improved water ... will be used to guide recommendations for improving soil health on Ohio farms. Soil health indicators ...
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Teaming up with farmers to protect Ohio’s 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 ... farmers.”—Elizabeth Dayton Has backing from farm groups and USDA A $1 million U.S. Department of Agriculture ...
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Coalition of Action for Soil Health: Global Soil Hub
The overarching goal of CA4SH is to improve soil health globally by addressing critical ...