High Tunnels Are My Crop Insurance: An Assessment of Risk Management Tools for Small-scale Specialty Crop Producers Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • High tunnels are being used by specialty crop producers to enhance production yields and quality, extend growing seasons, and protect crops from extreme weather. The tunnels are unheated, plastic-covered structures under which crops are planted directly in the soil, and they provide greater environmental protection and control than open-field production. This study uses field-level experiments to evaluate high-tunnel production. The results suggest that investments in high tunnels can provide increased profits and superior protection against adverse risks relative to crop insurance.

published proceedings

  • Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

author list (cited authors)

  • Belasco, E., Galinato, S., Marsh, T., Miles, C., & Wallace, R.

citation count

  • 15

complete list of authors

  • Belasco, Eric||Galinato, Suzette||Marsh, Tom||Miles, Carol||Wallace, Russell

publication date

  • August 2013