The Economic Feasibility of Tree Fruit Integrated Pest Management in the Northeast

G. B. White and Peter Thompson

Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council, 1982, vol. 11, issue 2, 7

Abstract: A pilot tree fruit pest management program in Wayne County, New York was evaluated. Thirty-three blocks of fruit were matched for 26 participants in the pilot program and for 23 nonparticipants. Participants reduced pesticide costs and total pest management costs in comparison to nonparticipants. Factors which will affect the adoption of Integrated Pest Management in other locations include the attitudes of growers, farm size, and the density of fruit production. Integrated Pest Management programs are economically feasible for several other areas of high tree fruit density in the Northeast.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Risk and Uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1982
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.160005

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