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The Adoption of IPM Techniques By Vegetable Growers in Florida, Michigan and Texas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo ,
E. Douglas Beach  and
Wen-Yuan Huang
Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo
Affiliation:
Resources and Technology Division, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
E. Douglas Beach
Affiliation:
Resources and Technology Division, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Wen-Yuan Huang
Affiliation:
Resources and Technology Division, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Abstract

Factors influencing the adoption of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) techniques are studied using survey data from individual vegetable producers from Florida, Michigan, and Texas. Farmers who adopt IPM tend to be less risk averse and use more managerial time on farm activities than nonadopters. Adopters are also more likely to operate large, irrigated farms and use more family labor. Locational factors and the type of crop grown are also influential in IPM adoption. The analysis uses a logit framework and introduces adopter categories first conceptualized by rural sociologists.

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diffusion of innovationsintegrated pest managementtechnology adoptionvegetables
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , July 1994 , pp. 158 - 172
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1994

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