Social and economic aspects of areawide pest management.

Keenan, Sean; Burgener, Paul

doi:10.1079/9781845933722.0097

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“…Rook and Carlson (1985) examined the producer's choice between group and individual pest control, and argued that if the differential benefit of joining a group is greater than the differential cost, then the farmer should join the group. In this regard, Keenan and Burgener (2008) argue that since area-wide pest management programs typically rely upon voluntary adoption, the new practices must demonstrate their economic advantage. But, is it reasonable to assume that a higher expected payoff will suffice to entice growers' participation?…”

Section: Pest Mobility and Area-wide Pest Managementmentioning

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Is Area‐Wide Pest Management Useful? The Case of Citrus Greening

Singerman

Lence

Useche³

2017

Applied Eco Perspectives Pol

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Citrus greening currently poses a severe threat to citrus production worldwide. No treatment or management strategy is yet available to cure the disease. Scientists recommend controlling the vector of the disease, and area-wide pest management has been proposed as a superior alternative to individual pest management. We analyzed a unique dataset of farm-level citrus yields that allowed us to test this hypothesis. We found that yields of blocks located in an area with higher participation in coordinated sprays were 28%, 73% and 98% percent higher in 2012/13, 2013/14, and 2014/15, respectively, compared to the yields of blocks under the same management but located in an area with lower participation; providing evidence on the efficiency of a well-performing pest management area to deal with HLB. However, participation in CHMAs has not been commensurate with this evidence. We present survey data that provide insights about producers' preferences and attitudes toward the area-wide pest management program. Despite the economic benefit we found areawide pest management can provide, the strategic uncertainty involved in relying on neighbors seems to impose too high of a cost for most growers, who end up not coordinating sprays. AbstractCitrus greening currently poses a severe threat to citrus production worldwide. No treatment or management strategy is yet available to cure the disease. Scientists recommend controlling the vector of the disease, and area-wide pest management has been proposed as a superior alternative to individual pest management. We analyzed a unique dataset of farm-level citrus yields that allowed us to test this hypothesis. We found that yields of blocks located in an area with higher participation in coordinated sprays were 28%, 73% and 98% percent higher in 2012/13, 2013/14, and 2014/15, respectively, compared to the yields of blocks under the same management but located in an area with lower participation; providing evidence on the efficiency of a wellperforming pest management area to deal with HLB. However, participation in CHMAs has not been commensurate with this evidence. We present survey data that provide insights about producers' preferences and attitudes toward the area-wide pest management program. Despite the economic benefit we found area-wide pest management can provide, the strategic uncertainty involved in relying on neighbors seems to impose too high of a cost for most growers, who end up not coordinating sprays.

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Section: Pest Mobility and Area-wide Pest Managementmentioning

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Is Area‐Wide Pest Management Useful? The Case of Citrus Greening

Singerman

Lence

Useche³

2017

Applied Eco Perspectives Pol

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“…was clear: Environmental and other societal and policy interests and market implications of the modifications were discussed and debated (33,93). Unfortunately, the special needs for different kinds of incentives during much of the development of more advanced IPM strategies were limited largely to public-supported research, education, demonstrations, and special cases of public support for eradication and prevention efforts (9, 30, 62,71). It was also argued that mandatory pesticide regulations were limited in scope in regard to environmental protection in many parts of the world, that government-sponsored market-support programs were offsetting costs of pesticides, and that indirect environmental and economic costs of pesticide use were not considered in policy and field-level decision making (9, 23, 93, 96).…”

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Approaches and Incentives to Implement Integrated Pest Management that Addresses Regional and Environmental Issues

Brewer

Goodell

2012

Annu. Rev. Entomol.

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Agricultural, environmental, and social and policy interests have influenced integrated pest management (IPM) from its inception. The first 50 years of IPM paid special attention to field-based management and market-driven decision making. Concurrently, IPM strategies became available that were best applied both within and beyond the bounds of individual fields and that also provided environmental benefits. This generated an incentives dilemma for farmers: selecting IPM activities for individual fields on the basis of market-based economics versus selecting IPM activities best applied regionally that have longer-term benefits, including environmental benefits, that accrue to the broader community as well as the farmer. Over the past several decades, public-supported incentives, such as financial incentives available to farmers from conservation programs for farms, have begun to be employed to encourage use of conservation techniques, including strategies with IPM relevance. Combining private investments with public support may effectively address the incentives dilemma when advanced IPM strategies are used regionally and provide public goods such as those benefiting resource conservation. This review focuses on adaptation of IPM to these broader issues, on transitions of IPM from primarily individual field-based decision making to coordinated community decision making, and on the form of partnerships needed to gain long-lasting regional and environmental benefits.

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Exploration of the potential of a boosted sterile insect technique to control fruit flies in mango orchards

Diouf,

Brévault,

Ndiaye

et al. 2024

Pest Management Science

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BACKGROUNDAn innovative version of the sterile insect technique (SIT) for pest control, called boosted SIT, relies on the use of sterile males coated with a biocide to control a target wild pest population of the same species. The objective of the present study was to assess the relevance of such technology to control the fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis and fruit losses in mango orchards using. An agent‐based simulation model named BOOSTIT was used to explore the reduction of fruit losses thank to sterile male fruit flies control and economic benefits according to different strategies of sterile male release. The simulation considered a landscape of 30.25 ha made up of four mango orchards.RESULTSThe SIT and the boosted SIT reduced fruit losses when releases were made before the mango fruiting period. According to model simulations, releases should be performed at least seven times at 2‐week intervals and with a sterile/wild male ratio of at least 10:1. Considering the benefit/cost ratio (BCR), few releases should be done with a late start date. The BCR showed economic gains from the two control methods, the number of saved fruits and BCR being higher for SIT.CONCLUSIONOur simulations showed that SIT would have better results than the boosted SIT to contribute to an effective control of Bactrocera dorsalis at the scale of a small landscape. We highlight the need for laboratory studies of other types of pathogen to find a suitable one with higher incubation time and lower cost. © 2024 Society of Chemical Industry.

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Social and economic aspects of areawide pest management.

Cited by 6 publications

References 15 publications

Is Area‐Wide Pest Management Useful? The Case of Citrus Greening

Is Area‐Wide Pest Management Useful? The Case of Citrus Greening

Approaches and Incentives to Implement Integrated Pest Management that Addresses Regional and Environmental Issues

Exploration of the potential of a boosted sterile insect technique to control fruit flies in mango orchards

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