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The Environmental Effects of Adopting IPM Techniques: The Case of Peach Producers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo  and
Jennifer Ferraioli
Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo
Affiliation:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1800 M Street, Room 4052, Washington, DC 20036-5831
Jennifer Ferraioli
Affiliation:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1800 M Street, Room 4052, Washington, DC 20036-5831
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Abstract

The impact of adopting integrated pest management (IPM) techniques is examined for peach producers in eight states accounting for most of the U.S. production. The method accounts for self-selectivity, simultaneity, and the pesticide demand equations are theoretically consistent with a restricted-profit function. Biological pest management techniques tend to reduce pesticide use and pesticide toxicity substantially, while pesticide-efficiency techniques (using scouting and economic thresholds) have an increasing effect on pesticide use and toxicity, and cultural techniques have an insignificant effect on pesticide use and toxicity.

Keywords

biological techniquescultural techniquesintegrated pest managementpeach productionpesticide useself-selectiontoxicity
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 31 , Issue 3 , December 1999 , pp. 551 - 564
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1999

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