In recent years, Hawaii producers have faced adverse weather conditions caused by hurricanes and storms, the eruption of Kilauea Volcano, and drought. However, until disaster strikes, many farmers throughout Hawaii are unaware of their risks nor the availability of crop and disaster insurance. Most do not have adequate farm records, making them ineligible to apply for financial assistance. The majority of Cooperative Extension agents working directly with Hawaii’s insurable crops such as papaya, macadamia nut, coffee, banana, nursery, and livestock, are newly hired and/or have never been trained to address issues related to risk management and crop insurance. Further, the number of agents and specialists are at historic lows due to retirements/departures, and an inability to fill vacancies. This project originally intended to conduct meetings to address the geographical challenges of Hawaii faculty located on five different islands by conducting face to face training sessions with at least 10 extension agents. Trained agents will be better prepared to build producers' awareness of crop insurance and other risk management tools as well as the five areas of risk.
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University of Hawaii Cooperative Extension |
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Ag risk |
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100 |
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Presentation |