Implications of Disaster Assistance Reform for Non‐insured Crops
研究美国未投保作物援助计划（NAP）的双重损失标准对加州农业的影响，发现区域损失要求可能导致未投保作物的灾害支付大幅减少。
Abstract With recent crop insurance reform, disaster aid to producers of crops for which federal crop insurance was not available has changed significantly. A newly created Non‐insured Assistance Program (NAP) is a standing disaster aid program for non‐insured crops including most vegetables and some tree crops. To receive a payment, a farmer has to meet NAP's “area” triggered loss in addition to usual individual loss criteria. In this paper we examine the implications of these two‐tiered criteria for NAP payments in the context of California agriculture. Our analysis indicates that the area loss requirement likely results in a sharp reduction in disaster payments for non‐insured crops.