Integrating high resolution soil data into federal crop insurance policy: Implications for policy and conservation

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 66, Issue , 2016, Pages 93-100

  Woodard, Joshua D ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Data analytics; Environmental policy; Federal crop insurance; Risk management; Soil

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROP MANAGEMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HARVEST; INSURANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY;

EID: 84984653424     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2016.08.011     Document Type: Article

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