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The impacts of climate extremes on crop insurance and planting decisions in the
Northeastern United States
Shifts in seasonal patterns and the increasing frequency of extreme events such as droughts and excessive rainfall threaten global food production. Crop insurance has therefore become increasingly significant for farm-level risk management, particularly in the Northeastern United States, where heavy precipitation has increased more than in other U.S. regions.
This project investigates the relationships between climate extremes, crop-specific loss patterns, insurance responses, and crop transition dynamics in the region. By integrating climate extremes with crop insurance and farmers’ planting decisions, this project represents a new frontier in understanding agricultural risk patterns and climate adaptation in the Northeastern U.S.
States and counties in the Northeastern U.S.
Climate-Change Impacts & Adaptations in Central Mexico: Co-Creation Promise, Challenges & Opportunities
In a rapidly urbanizing, climate-changing world, inter-basin water supply megaprojects are rising, with huge energy, greenhouse gas, and water injustice implications. In perverse positive feedback, they increase climate change, thus increasing the water scarcity used to justify them in the first place - all the while forestalling and obscuring more sustainable alternatives. This project uses a planned 3-fold expansion water supply program for Mexico City as the urgent impetus to co-create a new frontier in climate impact science, policy analysis and education.
(Intra)gendered perceptions and adoption of Climate-smart Agriculture (CSA) on dryland farming systems in the Upper East Region of Ghana
Smallholder farmers in dryland agricultural systems are particularly vulnerable to climate variability due to socio-economic constraints such as high poverty and low literacy rates. Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) offers promising strategies for improving resilience, yet complex social dynamics within gender groups influence its adoption. This research examined how intra-gender social structures shape perceptions of climate variability, climatic and non-climatic risks, and adaptation responses among smallholder farmers in the Bolgatanga East District of Ghana.
Sustainable Soil Management in Post-Mining Landscapes
Land degradation caused by small-scale gold mining continues to threaten food security and ecological sustainability across many parts of Africa. In the Ashanti Region of Ghana, this study investigated the potential of compost to restore soil quality in degraded post-mining environments. A controlled pot experiment was conducted to understand how varying compost-to-mined-soil ratios influence soil nutrient enhancement and the reduction of heavy metal concentrations.
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