Neighbourhood Effects in Pesticide Use: Evidence from the Rural Philippines

Takeshi Aida

Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2018, vol. 69, issue 1, 163-181

Abstract: This study investigates how pesticide use by neighbouring farmers affects a given farmer's pesticide use. Although it is common knowledge that pesticide use has spatial externalities, few empirical economic studies explicitly analyse this issue. Applying a spatial panel econometric model to plot†level panel data for Bohol, Philippines, this study shows that pesticide use, especially for herbicides, is spatially correlated, although there is no statistically significant spatial correlation in unobserved shocks. This implies that farmers apply pesticides by referring to the behaviour of neighbouring farmers rather than responding directly to the intensity of their own infestation.

Date: 2018
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Working Paper: Neighborhood Effects in Pesticide Use: Evidence from the Rural Philippines (2016)
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