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Voluntary Collective Action to Address Growing Agricultural Challenges in Two Countries: Experimental Insights and Commonalities

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We conducted two framed field economic experiments with citrus farmers in Florida, United States and soybean farmers in Argentina to investigate their willingness to coordinate pest and weed management efforts. Despite the contrast between these two agricultural contexts, we find striking behavioral commonalities.
Ariel Singerman, Sergio H. Lence
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Assessing Government Subsidies for Reducing Pesticide Use: A Meta‐Analysis

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the efforts being made by governments to reduce pesticide use, subsidies are an important instrument to encourage farmers to adopt more sustainable practices. Yet, their effectiveness remains uncertain due to diverse designs and contexts.
Gaëlle Leduc, Douadia Bougherara, Thi Thanh Mai Ha, Laure Latruffe   +3 more
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Microbial insecticides: Principles and applications

, 2011
The field of microbial insecticides encompasses the highly diverse life forms bacteria, fungi, nematodes and viruses. They play an essential role in the management of pests in cultivated crops and play a crucial role in the life of farmers and ...
Susurluk, Alper, Borgio F.F., Sahayaraj K.   +2 more
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Behavioural and insecticidal effects of organophosphate-, carbamate- and pyrethroid-treated mosquito nets against African malaria vectors.

, 2009
Three insecticides - the pyrethroid deltamethrin, the carbamate carbosulfan and the organophosphate chlorpyrifos-methyl - were tested on mosquito nets in experimental huts to determine their potential for introduction as malaria control measures.
Mwingira, V, V. MWINGIRA, J. MATOWO, R. C. MALIMA, Mosha, FW, C. MAXWELL, Maxwell, C, Matowo, J, I. LYIMO, Rowland, MW, Oxborough, RM, P. K. TUNGU, Magesa, SM, F. W. MOSHA, S. M. MAGESA, M. W. ROWLAND, Malima, RC, R. M. OXBOROUGH, Tungu, PK, Lyimo, I   +19 more
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Extension Economists: Valued in Mission, Penalized in Practice

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As the public engagement arm of the land‐grant mission, we argue that Extension faculty in US agricultural economics departments face an identity crossroads as they struggle for institutional support. Specifically, we argue that Extension economists function as boundary‐spanning professionals within academic structures that often devalue ...
Trey Malone, Craig W. Carpenter, Courtney Bir, Andrew J. Van Leuven, Rebecca Wasserman‐Olin, Wendong Zhang   +5 more
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An apparatus for testing contact insecticides

, 1934
A description is given of the design of two atomisers for use in quantitative laboratory spraying for testing contact insecticides. Tables and graphs are given showing the weights of spray delivered by each form upon known areas placed in different ...
Tattersfield, F.
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
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Measurements and computations on the behaviour of the insecticides azinphosmethyl and dimethoate in ditches [PDF]

, 1979
The unintentional pollution of surface water was studied during spraying of the insecticides azinphos-methyl and dimethoate on two fruit farms. Spray drift depended closely on the local situations at the fruit farms (windbreaks, distance from trees to ...
Heer, H., de, de Heer, H.
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Status of pyrethroid resistance in Anopheles gambiae s. s. M form prior to the scaling up of Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) in Adzopé, Eastern Côte d'Ivoire. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: The growing development of pyrethroid resistance constitutes a serious threat to malaria control programmes and if measures are not taken in time, resistance may compromise control efforts in the foreseeable future.
Kouassi Philippe K, Kouassi, Philippe K, Alphonsine A Koffi, Adja, Maurice A, Assi Serge B, Koffi, Alphonsine A, N’Guessan Raphael, Philippe K Kouassi, Ludovic P Ahoua Alou, Assi, Serge B, Ahoua Alou Ludovic P, Adja Maurice A, Serge B Assi, Ahoua Alou, Ludovic P, N'Guessan, Raphael, Maurice A Adja, Koffi Alphonsine A, Raphael N’Guessan   +17 more
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Pesticide MRLs as Trade Barriers: Evidence From Vietnam's Coffee and Rice Exporters

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As tariffs have declined globally through bilateral and regional trade agreements, food safety standards have emerged as significant determinants of agricultural trade flows. This study examines the impact of maximum residue limits (MRLs) for five pesticides—Azoxystrobin, Chlorpyrifos, Chlorantraniliprole, Clothianidin, and Cyhalothrin—on ...
Nhat Mai Nguyen, Hoa‐Thi‐Minh Nguyen, Kaliappa Kalirajan   +2 more
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