Beliefs of Farmers and Adoption of Integrated Pest Management

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Wesley N. Musser, Michael E. Wetzstein, Susan Y. Reece, Philip E. Varca, David M. Edwards and G. Keith Douce

Agricultural Economics Research, 1986, issue 1

Abstract: Georgia peanut farmers have adopted Integrated pest management (lPM) on only a limited basis, although objective data indicate that IPM technology may be more efficient than conventional pest control strategies Users and nonusers of IPM hold different views pertaining to the consequences of employing IPM These beliefs Influence Its use Educational programs on these beliefs should Influence adoption and continued use of IPM This article analyzes belief data pertaining to IPM among 192 Georgia ,peanut farmers and explores the relationship between beliefs about IPM and its adoption

Keywords: Integrated pest management; risk; beliefs; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Risk and Uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1986
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