Pathway 8.

Non-Carbon Dioxide Climate Pollutants → Nitrous Oxide

8.4.1 Using Crop Insurance to Incentivize Better Farming Practices

LPDD Recommendation: “Congress and USDA should offer subsidized federal crop insurance to farmers who voluntarily implement best management practices for nitrogen use efficiency.”

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Good Farming Practice Determination Standards Handbook

Jurisdiction: Individual Agencies

For the first time in 2016, opened the door the farmers using a variety of climate-friendly NRCS practices without voiding their eligibility for federal crop insurance.

Report, Climate Change and Federal Crop Insurance

Jurisdiction: Congress, Individual Agencies

Examines the present risk of climate change in agriculture and discusses recent steps taken to address climate change in agriculture in general, specifically within the federal crop insurance program.

Congressional Research Service report, Federal Crop Insurance Background

Jurisdiction: Congress, Individual Agencies

The Congressional Research Services 2015 report on the Federal Crop Insurance program outlines the program’s history, types of insurance, costs, and recent changes.