Adoption of IPM Practices in Grape, Tree Fruit, and Nut Production in the Western United States

Farrar, J. J.; Baur, M. E.; Elliott, Sarah

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“…However, our understanding of the implementation and adoption of IRM and related IPM practices is relatively limited . Previous studies and surveys on general IPM practices reveal that rates of grower adoption vary from 30% to 99% depending on region and commodity . Currently, the USDA estimates that 70% of US cropland is managed using some level of IPM; however, the use of IRM tactics is unknown.…”

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“…Currently, the USDA estimates that 70% of US cropland is managed using some level of IPM; however, the use of IRM tactics is unknown. Growers tend to adopt practices that are not risky, easy to implement, and save money, which can put some IRM and related practices at a disadvantage because many are complicated and time‐consuming to implement. Consequently, the adoption of some IPM practices have been slow to progress as compared with other agricultural technologies .…”

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“…Consequently, the adoption of some IPM practices have been slow to progress as compared with other agricultural technologies . Adoption of IPM practices has been associated with many factors including farm size and age of grower, but grower education and inexperience remain some of the greatest impediments for IPM and IRM practice adoption . Many studies have evaluated the effect of different educational programs on grower's knowledge and adoption of IPM .…”

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Grower adoption of insecticide resistance management practices increase with extension‐based program

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Nault

2018

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Implementation of the IRM education program was successful, as adoption rates of both practices increased within 3 years. Growers were surprisingly most receptive to adopting these practices to mitigate insecticide resistance as opposed to saving money. Developing extension-based programs that involve regular and interactive meetings with growers may significantly increase the adoption of IRM and related integrated pest management tactics. © 2018 Society of Chemical Industry.

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Grower adoption of insecticide resistance management practices increase with extension‐based program

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Nault

2018

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“…Many IPM projects and programs focus on short-term (change in knowledge) or medium-term (change in behavior) impacts and have documented greater knowledge of and adoption of IPM practices (Farrar et al 2016). However, there are questions about the long-term success of IPM in relation to constant or increasing pesticide use.…”

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“…These long-term impacts, termed “change in condition” in logic models (http://www.uwex.edu/ces/pdande/evaluation/evallogicmodel.html, accessed 9 September 2016) are due to many factors, including adoption of IPM. Some of the information in this article appears in a larger report, Adoption and Impacts of Integrated Pest Management in Agriculture in the Western United States (Farrar et al 2015), available at http://westernipm.org/index.cfm/about-the-center/publications/special-reports/adoption-and-impact-of-ipm-in-western-agriculture/, accessed 9 September 2016. We did not address economic risks in this analysis since these risks are continually being addressed by research and extension programs.…”

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Measuring IPM Impacts in California and Arizona

Farrar

Baur

Elliott

2016

J Integr Pest Manag

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Integrated pest management (IPM) is a method of reducing economic, human health, and environmental risks from pests and pest management strategies. There are questions about the long-term success of IPM programs in relation to continued use of pesticides in agriculture. Total pounds of pesticides applied is a mis-measure of the impact of IPM in agriculture. A more complete measurement of the long-term impact of IPM includes consideration of changes in agricultural production practices and productivity, toxicity of the pesticides used, risks from human exposure to pesticides, and environmental sampling for pesticides in air and water resources. In recent decades, agricultural IPM programs have evolved to address invasive pests, shifts in endemic pest pressures, reductions in pest damage tolerance in markets, and increases in crop yields. Additionally, pesticide use data from Arizona and California revealed reduced use of pesticides in some toxicity categories but increased use of pesticides in a couple of categories. Data from federal and California programs that monitored pesticide residue on food have documented low pesticide risk to consumers. Environmental monitoring programs documented decreased pesticide levels in surface water resources in agricultural watersheds in the western United States and low levels of pesticides in air resources in agricultural areas in California. The focus of IPM assessment should be on reducing economic, human health, and environmental risks, not on pounds of pesticides applied. More broadly, IPM programs have evolved to address changes in pests and agricultural production systems while continuing to reduce human health and environmental risk from pesticides.

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Do typologies of pesticide risk knowledge influence the adoption of IPM strategies? Evidence from rice farmers' behavior in northern Iran

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Abdollahzadeh

2024

Pest Management Science

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BACKGROUNDThe active participation of farmers in adopting eco‐friendly practices is vital to mitigate the environmental and health risks linked to pesticide usage. Farmers' awareness of these risks significantly influences their adoption of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) methods over traditional pesticide applications. This study sought to explore the range of understanding on pesticide effects, categorize IPM strategies employed in pest management, and examine the correlation between knowledge levels and IPM strategy choices. Data was gathered through structured questionnaires from 391 rice farmers in Sari County, Mazandaran province, Northern Iran.RESULTSExploratory factor analysis revealed three distinct dimensions of pesticide risk knowledge: namely, personal risk of pesticide, environmental risk of pesticide, and community risk of pesticide. Furthermore, the study identified three primary categories of IPM strategies: high familiarity strategies, intermediate familiarity strategies, and low familiarity strategies. The results of the regression analysis indicated that the personal risk of pesticides (β = 0.556; p < 0.01) and environmental risk of pesticides (β = 0.262; p < 0.01) are significantly correlated with the adoption of high familiarity IPM strategies. Furthermore, the study revealed that there was no significant statistical evidence to support the notion that different types of pesticide risk knowledge had any influence on the adoption of intermediate and low familiarity strategies.CONCLUSIONThe findings of this study imply the critical importance for agricultural extension programs to focus on enhancing farmers' knowledge of pesticide risks and various IPM strategies.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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Adoption of IPM Practices in Grape, Tree Fruit, and Nut Production in the Western United States

Cited by 17 publications

References 15 publications

Grower adoption of insecticide resistance management practices increase with extension‐based program

Grower adoption of insecticide resistance management practices increase with extension‐based program

Measuring IPM Impacts in California and Arizona

Do typologies of pesticide risk knowledge influence the adoption of IPM strategies? Evidence from rice farmers' behavior in northern Iran

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