Risk Management agency and university of nebraska , lincoln partnership

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Risk Management agency and university of nebraska
, lincoln partnership

• An Overview

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RMAs Vision

• Help producers manage their business risks
  through effective, market based risk management
  solutions around the country.

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RMAs Mission

• Promote, support, and regulate sound risk
  management solutions to preserve and strengthen
  the economic stability of Americas agricultural
  producers.
• RMA operates and manages the Federal Crop
  Insurance Corporation (FCIC).

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USDA Risk Management Agency

• RMA, via the FCIC, provides crop insurance to
  American producers.
• Over 40 crop programs alone in CA
• Private-sector insurance companies sell and
  service the policies
• Sponsors educational and outreach programs and
  seminars on the general topic of risk management.

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PARTNERSHIPS

• The Agricultural Risk Protection Act (ARPA) of
  2000 provides RMA with the authority to enter
  into Partnerships with public and private
  entities for the purpose of increasing the
  availability of loss mitigation, financial and
  other risk management tools for producers to
  develop non-insurance risk management tools.

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Risk Management Research Partnerships

• Partnerships are wide ranging, multi-year
  research projects that will offer new and
  innovative approaches to risk management that
  extend beyond traditional crop insurance products.

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Partnership

• The National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC)
  and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL)
  Computer Science and Engineering Department are
  partnering with the United States Department of
  Agriculture Risk Management Agency (RMA)

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Tools

• VegDRI VegOUT
• Drought Impact Reporter
• Drought Monitor Decision Support System/Drought
  Atlas
• The GreenLeaf Project

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• RISK MANGEMENT AGENCY
• 430 G ST AGENCY
• DAVIS CA 95616
• 530-792-5870
• rsoca_at_rma.usda.gov