Assessing the Economic Impacts of Tomato Integrated Pest Management in Mali and Senegal

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dc.contributor.authorNouhoheflin, Theodoreen
dc.contributor.committeechairNorton, George W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMullins, Donald E.en
dc.contributor.committeememberBosch, Darrell J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMills, Bradford F.en
dc.contributor.departmentAgricultural and Applied Economicsen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:40:34Zen
dc.date.adate2010-08-06en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:40:34Zen
dc.date.issued2010-07-07en
dc.date.rdate2010-08-06en
dc.date.sdate2010-07-20en
dc.description.abstractThis study assesses the research benefits of IPM technologies and management practices aimed at reducing the virus problem in tomatoes in West Africa. Surveys are conducted with producers, extension agents, scientists, and other experts to obtain information and economic surplus analysis is used to project benefits over time. The determinants of adoption are assessed using a probit model. Results show that adoption of the host-free period reduced the amount of insecticide sprays by 71% and the production cost by $200/ha in Mali. The cost-benefit analysis indicated that the use of virus-tolerant seeds generated profits ranging from $1,188 to $2,116/ha in Mali and from $1,789 to $4,806/ha in Senegal. The likely factors influencing adoption of the technologies in both countries are the frequency of extension visits, farmer's field school training, gender, education, seed cost, tomato area, and experience in tomato losses. The benefits in the closed economy market vary from $3.4 million to $14.8 million for the host-free period, $0.5 million to $3 million for the virus-tolerant seeds, and $4.8 million to $21.6 million for the overall IPM program. In the same order, the benefits under the open economy market range from $3.5 million to $15.4 million, $0.5 million to $3million, and $5 million to $24 million. The distribution pattern indicates that producers gain one-third and consumers two-thirds of the benefits. Our results support policies aiming to increase the adoption rate or the expected change in yield.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-07202010-115646en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07202010-115646/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/43765en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartNouhoheflin_T_T_2010.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectSenegalen
dc.subjectMalien
dc.subjectEconomic surplusen
dc.subjectAdoptionen
dc.subjectImpact assessmenten
dc.subjectIPM strategiesen
dc.titleAssessing the Economic Impacts of Tomato Integrated Pest Management in Mali and Senegalen
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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