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  1. Bring on the Heat

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/bring-heat

    variability in humidity and temperature, the temperature-humidity index (THI) has been created to neatly ...

  2. Chow Line: Fridge organization can lessen food waste

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/chow-line-fridge-organization-can-lessen-food-waste

    of it is thrown away. The  UNEP Food Waste Index Report 2021  also found that 8%–10% of global ...

  3. Ohio State Researcher to Re-write Ohio’s Phosphorus Index to Improve Water Quality

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/node/842

    Conservation Service Ohio Phosphorus (P) Risk Index to better predict the risk of phosphorus moving off farm ... agribusinesses to complete the project. Her goals are to make the Ohio P Risk Index accurate, add more best ... their P Risk Index scores, evaluate management options and make informed decisions to better manage ...

  4. Investigating the Impact of Climate Change on Index Insurance Demand

    https://aede.osu.edu/news/investigating-impact-climate-change-index-insurance-demand

    systemic shocks faced by smallholder farmers in the developing world. Index insurance has been proposed as ... part of the solution to this increased risk, but little research has examined whether index insurance ... actuarially fair premiums that the sustainability of index insurance programs could be imperiled due to lower ...

  5. Biometric Screening Day

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/events/biometric-screening-day

    Council It’s important that you Know Your Numbers!   By knowing your height, weight, body mass index ...

  6. New Research from Professor Mario Miranda and Katie Farrin Looks at Index Insurance Options for the Developing World

    https://aede.osu.edu/news/new-research-professor-mario-miranda-and-katie-farrin-looks-index-insurance-options-developing

    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 ... restraints. Index insurance offers a real work-around for these types of problems. For example, in the case of ...

  7. Updating Ohio's Phosphorus Risk Index Is Generating Positive Initial Results

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/updating-ohios-phosphorus-risk-index-is-generating-positive-initial-results

    update and revise the Ohio Phosphorus Risk Index, which is a U.S. Department of Agriculture-Natural ... fields. The index is an integral part of a nutrient management plan, Dayton said, that is intended to ... the index later this year, Dayton said. An updated Ohio Phosphorus Risk Index can play an important ...

  8. Jon Flatnes

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/faculty-expert/jon-flatnes

    countries. Flatnes also studies how index insurance contracts can be optimally designed to better protect ...

  9. Minimize heat Stress on Dairy Cows

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/minimize-heat-stress-dairy-cows

    When measuring heat stress in dairy cattle, a temperature humidity index (THI) provides some indication ... a temperature/humidity index somewhere around 68.  A temperature of 72 F with humidity around 44% provides that index ...

  10. Dispatch from the Field: Tony Gallenstein on His Work with the iAGRI Program in Tanzania

    https://aede.osu.edu/news/dispatch-field-tony-gallenstein-his-work-iagri-program-tanzania

    weather-based index insurance on technology adoption and farmer group sustainability in Tanzania; Improve ... of index insurance in the agricultural finance sector in Tanzania.   Through this initiative, it is ... agricultural university to conduct high-quality economics research and promote the understanding of index ...

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