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Special Issue on Crop Insurance and Risk Management

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

Calum G. Turvey*
Affiliation:
Agricultural Finance in the Department of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York

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The role of crop insurance and new risk management tools for agriculture is evolving at an almost dizzying pace. One needs only to examine recent postings on the Risk Management Agency's website to see how expansive this is. Moreover, throughout the world we are witness to a host of new programs available in both developed and developing countries that are largely based on the U.S. experience. It is necessary that academics first recognize the scope of issues facing production and market risks in agriculture and then respond with new and creative ways to address the problems. To these needs, the Crop Insurance and Risk Management Workshop—the provenance of the papers in this volume—was designed to bring academics with research and extension responsibilities together with industry to explore this ever-changing landscape and discuss research and outreach of mutual interest.

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Copyright © 2008 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association