Disaster Assistance: Problems in Administering Agriculture Payments
(Testimony, 04/13/94, GAO/T-RCED-94-187).

This testimony focuses on efforts to reform the disaster assistance and
federal crop insurance programs.  The Agriculture Department has
experienced difficulties in administering disaster assistance and in
ensuring that disaster assistance payments, combined with crop insurance
payments, do not exceed legal limits.  The problems in administering ad
hoc disaster payments and crop insurance suggest that Agriculture should
develop a more effective approach to providing risk management
alternatives to producers.  GAO believes that integrating disaster
assistance and crop insurance programs could guarantee producers
continuous disaster coverage. At the same time, this integrated program,
if properly designed and implemented, could better protect government
funds.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-RCED-94-187
     TITLE:  Disaster Assistance: Problems in Administering Agriculture 
             Payments
      DATE:  04/13/94
   SUBJECT:  Disaster relief aid
             Insurance cost control
             Agricultural programs
             Erroneous payments
             Agricultural production
             Farm income stabilization programs
             Insurance losses
             Insurance premiums
             Program abuses
IDENTIFIER:  Federal Crop Insurance Program
             
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