THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF ADOPTING IPM TECHNIQUES: THE CASE OF PEACH PRODUCERS

Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo and Jennifer Ferraioli

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 1999, vol. 31, issue 3, 14

Abstract: The impact of adopting integrated pest management (IPM) techniques is examined for peach producers in eight states accounting for most of the U.S. production. The method accounts for self-selectivity, simultaneity, and the pesticide demand equations are theoretically consistent with a restricted-profit function. Biological pest management techniques tend to reduce pesticide use and pesticide toxicity substantially, while pesticide-efficiency techniques (using scouting and economic thresholds) have an increasing effect on pesticide use and toxicity, and cultural techniques have an insignificant effect on pesticide use and toxicity.

Keywords: Environmental; Economics; and; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.15148

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