Publications

Tsiboe, F., R. Chakravorty, H. Zhao, D. Turner, and S. Steinbach. 2026. “Size and Growth of the United States Crop Insurance Portfolio, 2025.” ARPC Report 2026-01. Agricultural Risk Policy Center, North Dakota State University. Full text

Tsiboe, F., and W. Davis. 2026. “Continued Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage (PRF) Insurance Expansion in 2026.” ARPC Brief 2026-08. Agricultural Risk Policy Center, North Dakota State University. Full text

Tsiboe, F., and H. Zhao. 2026. “Early Signals for Supplemental Crop Insurance Adoption Under Partial OBBBA Implementation.” ARPC Brief 2026-12. Agricultural Risk Policy Center, North Dakota State University. Full text

Tsiboe. 2026. “Routine Actuarial Adjustments Cut Taxpayer Cost in Subsidized Agricultural Insurance.” AEPP. Full text

Tsiboe, F., and E. Osei. 2026. “Routine Pricing Adjustments Help Keep Crop Insurance Costs in Check.” ARPC Brief 2026-06. Agricultural Risk Policy Center, North Dakota State University. Full text

Turner, D., and F. Tsiboe. 2026. “The Actuarial Performance of Prevented Planting Buy-Up Coverage.” ARPC Brief 2026-01. Agricultural Risk Policy Center, North Dakota State University. Full text

Tsiboe, F., R. Chakravorty, and H. Zhao. 2026. “Ending Prevented Planting Buy-Ups Changes Insurance Choices and Expands Program Risk.” ARPC Brief 2026-02. Agricultural Risk Policy Center, North Dakota State University. Full text

Tsiboe, F., H. Zhao, and R. Chakravorty. 2026. “What Ending Prevented Planting Buy-Ups Means for Farmers’ Insurance Costs.” ARPC Brief 2026-03. Agricultural Risk Policy Center, North Dakota State University. Full text

Tsiboe, F. 2026. “Prevented Planting After Buy-Up Elimination - Coverage Level Substitution, Producer Costs, and Enhanced Premium Subsidies (OBBB).” ARPC White Paper 2026-01. Agricultural Risk Policy Center, North Dakota State University. Full text

Tsiboe, F., R. Chakravorty, D. Turner, S. Arita, and H. Zhao. 2026. “Prevented Planting Buy-Up Elimination - Adoption, Actuarial Performance, and Pre-Planting Risk Management Options.” ARPC White Paper 2026-02. Agricultural Risk Policy Center, North Dakota State University. Full text

Li, J., and F. Tsiboe. 2026. “Are Crop Yields Becoming More Stable and Higher Evidence from US County-Level Data Since 1980.” ARPC Brief 2026-07. Agricultural Risk Policy Center, North Dakota State University. Full text

Tsiboe, F., and E. Njuki. 2026. “Agricultural Insurance Association with Farm Technology and Technical Efficiency.” ARPC Working Paper 2026-03. Agricultural Risk Policy Center, North Dakota State University. Full text

Tsiboe, F., D. Turner, S. Arita, K. Jore, R. Chakravorty, and S. Meyer. 2026. “Crop Insurance and Nitrogen Reduction Under Elevated Fertilizer Prices.” ARPC White Paper 2026-08. Agricultural Risk Policy Center, North Dakota State University. Full text

Chakravorty, R., S. Arita, and F. Tsiboe. 2025. “Rising Costs, Falling Prices - Regional Disparities Deepen Farm Financial Stress.” ARPC Brief 2025-11. Agricultural Risk Policy Center, North Dakota State University. Full text

Tsiboe, F., and D. Turner. 2025. “Evolution of US Federal Crop-Insurance Plans.” ARPC Brief 2025-13. Agricultural Risk Policy Center, North Dakota State University. Full text

Tsiboe, F., W. Davis, and D. Turner. 2025. “Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage (PRF) Insurance Expansion and Emerging Limits to Growth.” ARPC Brief 2025-16. Agricultural Risk Policy Center, North Dakota State University. Full text

Chakravorty, R., D. Turner, and F. Tsiboe. 2025. “Prevented Planting Buy-Up Coverage - Payments and Policy Changes.” ARPC Brief 2025-18. Agricultural Risk Policy Center, North Dakota State University. Full text

Tsiboe, F., and H. Zhao. 2025. “Crop Insurance Premium and Interest Deferrals in a Time of Rising Farm Costs.” ARPC Brief 2025-09. Agricultural Risk Policy Center, North Dakota State University. Full text

Zhao, H., F. Tsiboe, D. Turner, and S. Steinbach. 2025. “What Repeated Crop Insurance Premium Interest Deferrals Mean for Farmers.” ARPC Brief 2025-12. Agricultural Risk Policy Center, North Dakota State University. Full text

Tsiboe, F., and S. Steinbach. 2025. “When Disaster Strikes the Billing Date - A Scoping Review of Crop Insurance Interest Deferrals.” ARPC White Paper 2025-04. Agricultural Risk Policy Center, North Dakota State University. Full text

Li, J., and F. Tsiboe. 2025. “A Horse Race Comparison of County-Level Crop Yield Prediction Methods.” ARPC Brief 2025-14. Agricultural Risk Policy Center, North Dakota State University. Full text

Tsiboe, F., and D. Turner. 2025. “Crop Insurance Generally Improves Farm Revenues but Effects Vary by Policy Type.” ARPC Brief 2025-01. Agricultural Risk Policy Center, North Dakota State University. Full text

Turner et al. 2025. “Crop Insurance Participation and Cover Crop Use.” JAAE. Full text

Tsiboe & Turner. 2025. “Incorporating Buy-up Price Loss Coverage into the United States Farm Safety Net.” AEPP. Full text

Tsiboe et al. 2025. “Risk Reduction Impacts of Crop Insurance in the United States.” AEPP. Full text

Gaku & Tsiboe. 2025. “Evaluation of Alternative Farm Safety Net Program Combination Strategies.” AFR. Full text

Turner et al. 2025. “Actuarial Implications of Prevented Planting Coverage.” AEPP. Full text

Hagerman et al. 2025. “Mitigating Structural Inequities in US Agricultural Risk Management.” JAAE. Full text

Turner, D., F. Tsiboe, S. Arita, and S. Steinbach. 2025. “Analysis of the US Sugar Safety Net and A Potential Sugar Beet Revenue Protection Program.” ARPC Report 2025-01. Agricultural Risk Policy Center, North Dakota State University. Full text

Baldwin. 2024. “Recent Developments in Ad Hoc Assistance Programs for Agricultural Producers.” USDA ERS EIB. Full text

Tsiboe et al. 2024. “Utilizing Large-scale Insurance Data Sets to Calibrate Sub-county Level Crop Yields.” JRI. Full text

Turner. 2024. “Potential Budgetary Impacts of Climate Change on the Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage Insurance Plan.” USDA ERS EB. Full text

Baldwin. 2024. “US Agricultural Policy Review 2023.” USDA ERS EIB. Full text

Baldwin. 2023. “US Agricultural Policy Review 2021.” USDA ERS EIB. Full text

Baldwin. 2023. “US Agricultural Policy Review 2022.” USDA ERS EIB. Full text

Turner. 2023. “Federal Programs for Agricultural Risk Management.” USDA ERS EIB. Full text

Tsiboe & Turner. 2023. “Econometric Identification of Crop Insurance Participation.” ARER. Full text

Tsiboe & Turner. 2023. “The Crop Insurance Demand Response to Premium Subsidies (US).” Food Policy. Full text

Tsiboe et al. 2023. “Farm-level Evaluation of Area- and Agroclimatic-based Index Insurance.” JAAEA. Full text

Turner & Tsiboe. 2022. “The Crop Insurance Demand Response to the Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity.” AEPP. Full text

Tsiboe & Tack. 2022. “Utilizing Topographic and Soil Features to Improve Rating for Farm-level Insurance.” AJAE. Full text

Tsiboe. 2021. “Chronic Sources of Low Cocoa Production in Ghana.” ARER.

Luckstead et al. 2019. “Estimating the Economic Incentives Necessary for Eliminating Child Labor in Ghanaian Cocoa Production.” PLOS ONE.

Tsiboe et al. 2018. “Analyzing Labor Heterogeneity in Ghanaian Cocoa Production.” JAAE.

Tsiboe et al. 2018. “Market Effects of Farmer Field Schools in Sub-Saharan Africa - The Case for Cocoa.” RoDE.

Tsiboe et al. 2018. “Economic Incentives Necessary for Adoption of Environmentally Friendly Cocoa Production in Ghana.” SAEA. Full text

Tsiboe & Nalley. 2016. “Effects of Biotic and Abiotic Stress on Household Cocoa Yields in Ghana.” AfJARE.

Tsiboe et al. 2016. “Estimating the Impact of Farmer Field Schools in Sub-Saharan Africa - The Case of Cocoa.” Agricultural Economics.

Tsiboe et al. 2026. “Production Gaps Among Farmers With Disabilities Are Associated With Limited Technology.” Agricultural Economics. Full text

Asravor et al. 2025. “Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana.” Agribusiness. Full text

Asravor et al. 2024. “Technology and Managerial Performance of Farm Operators by Age in Ghana.” JPA.

Adaku et al. 2023. “Taking Stock of Gender Gaps in Crop Production Technology Adoption and Technical Efficiency in Ghana.” Agrekon.

Ansah et al. 2023. “Starchy Staples Production Shortfalls in Ghana.” PLOS ONE.

Tsiboe et al. 2022. “Production Technology, Efficiency, and Productivity of Cereal Farms in Ghana.” ARER.

Tsiboe et al. 2021. “Spatiotemporal Evaluation of Dry Beans and Groundnut Production Technology and Inefficiency in Ghana.”.

Tsiboe et al. 2021. “Effect of Fertilizer Subsidy on Household-level Cereal Production in Ghana.” Scientific African.

Tsiboe. 2020. “Nationally Representative Farm-Household Level Dataset on Crop Production in Ghana, 1987-2017.” SSRN.

Tsiboe et al. 2019. “Vegetable Production Technical Efficiency and Technology Gaps in Ghana.” AfJARE.

Tsiboe et al. 2026. “Gendered Preferences in Household Energy Use and Price Policy Responses in Ghana.” Energy Policy. Full text

Tsiboe & Attah. 2025. “Gender Gaps in Wages and Fringe Benefits - Insights From a Ghanaian Perspective.” Journal of International Development. Full text

Tsiboe et al. 2018. “Health Effects of Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture in Northern Ghana.” AfJARE.

Tsiboe et al. 2018. “The Effect of Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture on Household Nutrition and Food Poverty in Northern Ghana.” Social Indicators Research.

Armah et al. 2025. “Dietary Shifts in Agrarian Households - Population-based Evidence from Off-farm Work in Ghana.” JAAEA. Full text

Tsiboe et al. 2024. “Off-farm Employment and Body Mass Index Among Agrarian Women in Sub-Saharan Africa.” JAAEA.

Zereyesus et al. 2017. “Implications of Non-farm Work to Vulnerability to Food Poverty in Northern Ghana.” World Development.

Tsiboe et al. 2016. “Non-farm Work, Food Poverty, and Nutrient Availability in Northern Ghana.” Journal of Rural Studies.

Tsiboe et al. 2025. “Market Integration and the Role of Transportation and Telecommunication Infrastructure in Ghana.” JAAE. Full text

Tsiboe et al. 2024. “Consumption Patterns of Fresh and Frozen Chicken - A Ghanaian Food Policy Perspective.” Agribusiness. Full text

Peterson-Wilhelm et al. 2023. “Quality Determinants of Rice Price in Open Bag Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa.” JADEE.

Tsiboe et al. 2023. “Simulating Corn Futures Market Reaction and Prices Under Weekly Yield Forecasts.” Agricultural Finance Review. Full text

Tsiboe et al. 2016. “Spatial Dynamics and Determinants of Liberian Rice Market Integration.” AfJARE.

Mensah-Bonsu & Tsiboe. 2012. “Analysis of the Constraints and Their Effects on the Marketing of Cassava in Ghana.” Journal of Agricultural Science.

Kovacs et al. 2019. “Factors Influencing the Willingness to Pay for On-farm Water Infrastructure.” Journal of Soil and Water Conservation.

Tsiboe et al. 2017. “Profitability of Alternative Management Practices in a Wheat-Soybean Double-Crop Production System in Arkansas.” Agronomy Journal.

Tsiboe et al. 2023. “Food Poverty Assessment in Ghana - A Closer Look at the Spatial and Temporal Dimensions of Poverty.” Scientific African. Full text

Tsiboe. 2022. “Nationally Representative Household-level Food Consumption and Nutrient Availability Data for Ghana, 2005-2017.” SSRN.

Shew et al. 2017. “New Innovations in Agricultural Biotech - Consumer Acceptance of Topical RNAi in Rice Production.” Food Control.

Tsiboe et al. 2017. “Ghanaian Consumers’ Attitudes Toward Cisgenic Rice.” Ghana Journal of Development Studies.

Wailes et al. 2015. “Identifying and Analysing Barriers to the Acceptance and Use of GM Rice.” Book Chapter.

Nalley et al. 2022. “Comparative Economic and Environmental Assessments of Furrow- and Flood-Irrigated Rice Production Systems.” Agricultural Water Management. Full text

Tsiboe et al. 2018. “Estimating Spatial Differences in Methane Emissions to Identify Sustainable Rice Sources.” Agronomy Journal. Full text

Nalley et al. 2017. “The Production, Consumption, and Environmental Impacts of Rice Hybridization in the United States.” Agronomy Journal.

Tsiboe et al. 2017. “The Economic and Environmental Benefits of Sheath Blight Resistance in Rice.” JARE.

Nalley et al. 2016. “Economic and Environmental Impact of Rice Blast Pathogen Alleviation in the United States.” PLOS ONE.

Dlamini et al. 2017. “The Economic Impact of the South African Agricultural Research Council’s Dry Beans Breeding Program.” JAAE.

Musliu et al. 2017. “Evaluating the Impact of the Value Added Tax Reform on Raw Milk Collection in Kosovo.” New Medit.