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Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | Effectiveness of Integrated Pest Management Dissemination Techniques:  A Case Study of Potato Farmers in Carchi, Ecuador
Autores: | Mauceri,   Maria; Alwang,   Jeffrey Roger; Norton,   George W.; Barrera,   Victor.
Data: | 2008-06-11
Ano: | 2007
Palavras-chave: | Ecuador; Farmer field schools; Integrated pest management; Technology adoption; Technology dissemination; Q01; Q16.
Resumo: | Potato farmers in Ecuador rely on chemical inputs to manage pests and optimize yields.  Integrated pest management techniques lower production costs, reduce pesticide exposure, and improve long-term agricultural sustainability.  Public extension does not, however, exist in Ecuador and cost-effective means of communicating complex messages to producers are needed.  We analyze cost-effectiveness of alternative dissemination methods, including farmer field schools (FFS), field days, pamphlets, and word-of-mouth transmission.  Field days and pamphlets have strong impacts on adoption, especially considering their low costs.  FFS are effective, but expensive.  Evidence also indicates significant diffusion from FFS to non-FFS farmers, indicating high complementarity across methods.
Tipo: | Journal Article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://purl.umn.edu/37091
Relação: | Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics&gt;Volume 39, Number 03, December 2007
Formato: | 16