Reducing chemical inputs in agriculture requires a system change

T Brunelle, R Chakir, A Carpentier, B Dorin… - … Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
Many countries have implemented policies to reduce the use of chemical inputs in
agriculture. However, these policies face many obstacles that limit their effectiveness. The …

How crop insurance influences agricultural green total factor productivity: Evidence from Chinese farmers

L Fang, R Hu, H Mao, S Chen - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
As an effective risk guarantee mechanism, crop insurance can not only disperse agricultural
operation risk, but also guide the agricultural green development. Based on Chinese …

[HTML][HTML] Crop insurance and pesticide use in European agriculture

N Möhring, T Dalhaus, G Enjolras, R Finger - Agricultural Systems, 2020 - Elsevier
The provision of better risk management tools for farmers and the reduction of adverse
effects from pesticide use are both important goals of agricultural policy–but are potentially …

Economic and policy issues of US agricultural pesticide use trends

CD Osteen, J Fernandez‐Cornejo - Pest management science, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND This paper discusses US agricultural pesticide use trends from 1964 to
2010 based on estimates developed from USDA surveys, and the influence of economic …

To risk or not to risk? Risk management and farm productivity

M Vigani, J Kathage - American Journal of Agricultural …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The impact of risk management on farm productivity is still being debated. Using survey data
from French and Hungarian farms, we estimate the impacts of different risk management …

The influence of direct payments on farmers' hail insurance decisions

R Finger, N Lehmann - Agricultural economics, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We analyze determinants of hail insurance use of Swiss farmers, using FADN panel data
covering the period 1990–2009. Mixed effect logistic regression models are estimated to …

Inhibition or promotion?–the effect of agricultural insurance on agricultural green development

D Hou, X Wang - Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Based on China's provincial panel data from 2007 to 2019, this article discusses the impact
of agricultural insurance on agricultural green development, and discusses the issue of …

Crop insurance, land productivity and the environment: A way forward to a better understanding

A Kurdyś-Kujawska, A Sompolska-Rzechuła… - Agriculture, 2021 - mdpi.com
Providing farmers with effective risk management tools and increasing the productivity of
factors of production, while limiting negative effects on the environment, is an important …

How does full-cost insurance for wheat affect pesticide use? From the perspective of the differentiation of farmers' production scale

Y Wu, X Duan, R Liu, H Ma, Y Zhang - Environmental Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Theoretically, agricultural insurance influences farmers' use of pesticides by changing the
expected income of agricultural production. Full-cost insurance, with high guarantee and …

Public spending for agricultural risk management: Land use, regional welfare and intra-subsidy substitution

M Vigani, A Khafagy, R Berry - Food Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper analyses the factors influencing public expenditure on the EU's Risk
Management Toolkit comparing six types of regional-level spatial autoregressive models …