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Revenue Protection for Organic Producers: Too Much or Too Little?
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
  • Ariel Singerman, National Rice Company
  • Chad Hart, Iowa State University
  • Sergio H Lence, Iowa State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
1-1-2012
Abstract

A framework is developed to examine organic crop insurance established by the Risk Management Agency (RMA). Given that the RMA links organic and conventional crop prices, the model is calibrated to reflect both markets to illustrate the impacts that pricing has on insurance coverage. Findings indicate that at the 75% coverage level, the RMA's fixed-price factor implies an effective coverage ranging from 43% to 105% depending on the ratio of planting-time organic to conventional market prices. Results suggest the RMA's program is likely to induce adverse selection because the nominal coverage level is likely to deviate substantially from the effective coverage.

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This article is from Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 37 (2012): 415. Posted with permission.

Copyright Owner
Western Agricultural Economics Association
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Ariel Singerman, Chad Hart and Sergio H Lence. "Revenue Protection for Organic Producers: Too Much or Too Little?" Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics Vol. 37 Iss. 3 (2012) p. 415 - 434
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/sergio_lence/18/