Obstacles to Widespread Diffusion of IPM in Developing Countries: Lessons From the Field

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dc.contributor.authorAlwang, Jeffrey R.en
dc.contributor.authorNorton, George W.en
dc.contributor.authorLarochelle, Catherineen
dc.contributor.departmentAgricultural and Applied Economicsen
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-16T19:11:46Zen
dc.date.available2019-05-16T19:11:46Zen
dc.date.issued2019-04-15en
dc.description.abstractIntegrated pest management (IPM) is a way of managing agricultural pests using ecological principles and with minimum damage to the environment and human health. In developing countries, numerous IPM programs have been developed with the intent of increasing yields, reducing costs, and minimizing adverse impacts of pest management. Despite its promise and many millions of dollars being spent on training and diffusion, IPM has not been widely adopted in developing countries. This paper provides evidence about what is known about global adoption, what factors have been identified as obstacles to more widespread adoption, and ways of overcoming these factors. Behavioral economics provides insights that help explain lagging IPM adoption and promises potential for relatively simple solutions. Means of evaluating and implementing behavioral economics approaches are described and some lessons are gleaned from a single study employing these approaches in Ecuador. Implications for broader diffusion are discussed.en
dc.description.notesThis research was provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under Cooperative Agreement AID-0AA-L-15-00001 with the Virginia Tech under the Feed the Future Collaborative Research on Integrated Pest Management Lab (IPM IL).en
dc.description.sponsorshipUnited States Agency for International Development (USAID) [AID-0AA-L-15-00001]en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1093/jipm/pmz008en
dc.identifier.eissn2155-7470en
dc.identifier.issue1en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/89542en
dc.identifier.volume10en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherEntomological Society of Americaen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/en
dc.subjectintegrated pest managementen
dc.subjectadoptionen
dc.subjectbehavioral economicsen
dc.subjectEcuadoren
dc.titleObstacles to Widespread Diffusion of IPM in Developing Countries: Lessons From the Fielden
dc.title.serialJournal of Integrated Pest Managementen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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