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Potential Economic Benefits from Plantain Integrated Pest Management Adoption: The Case of Coastal Rural Households in Ecuador

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dc.contributor.authorBaez, Carolinaen
dc.contributor.committeechairNorton, George W.en
dc.contributor.committeecochairAlwang, Jeffrey R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMills, Bradford F.en
dc.contributor.departmentAgricultural and Applied Economicsen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:30:02Zen
dc.date.adate2005-01-05en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:30:02Zen
dc.date.issued2004-12-15en
dc.date.rdate2005-01-05en
dc.date.sdate2005-01-03en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis evaluates the potential of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) technologies for plantain to benefit the poor in Ecuador. First, a socioeconomic analysis of plantain producers in the Ecuadorian coast is presented. Second, adoption rates for different size farms are estimated for use of various improved management practices. Projected adoption rates are then used in an economic surplus analysis to estimate potential benefits of IPM technologies. Results indicate that most producer benefits will accrue to medium-scale plantain farmers. However, we find plantain farmers to be in general poor. Adopting farmers increase their demand for labor, benefiting mostly poor rural landless households. Urban consumers and rural poor households also benefit from the induced plantain price reduction resulting from increased production.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-01032005-151248en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01032005-151248/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/30788en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartThesis.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectPovertyen
dc.subjectPlantainen
dc.subjectEcuadoren
dc.subjectIPM technologiesen
dc.titlePotential Economic Benefits from Plantain Integrated Pest Management Adoption: The Case of Coastal Rural Households in Ecuadoren
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineAgricultural and Applied Economicsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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