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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
wiley   +1 more source

ADDITIVE VERSUS PROPORTIONAL PEST DAMAGE FUNCTIONS: WHY ECOLOGY MATTERS [PDF]

Economic analyses of pests typically assume damage is either additively separable from pest free yield or proportional to it. This paper describes the ecological assumptions required for additive and proportional damage functions to demonstrate that both
Mitchell, Paul D.
core  

PestRefineDet: integrating DenseNet with RefineDet for precision pest detection in agriculture. [PDF]

Front Plant Sci
Albahli S, Nazir T, Nawaz M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Delaying the Inevitable? U.S. Screwworm Closures and Feeder Cattle Market Dynamics

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biosecurity trade restrictions are commonly framed as preventive measures, yet in many settings they function primarily as policies of delay: they impose immediate market costs while only postponing the arrival of biological risks. This paper evaluates that intertemporal tradeoff using the 2024–2025 US suspension of live cattle imports from ...
Shelby Sumner, Savannah Jones, Tania Islam, K. Aleks Schaefer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The deployment of semiochemical-based pest management tools for woody plants in managed residential and commercial landscapes: current status, challenges, and future directions. [PDF]

J Insect Sci
Rigsby CM, Riley CB, Slone JD, Marshall MC, Stiller AR, Ward JJ, Chase KD.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Integrating Perennial Groundcover in Corn and Soybean Acres: Impacts on U.S. Agriculture

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainable agricultural practices such as cover cropping can improve soil health, water quality, and carbon sequestration, yet U.S. adoption remains limited due to economic and operational barriers. We evaluate market and economic impacts of integrating perennial groundcover into U.S.
Sagar Dahal, Amani Elobeid, John Crespi
wiley   +1 more source

Suitable Habitats of Two Tea Pests for Management Guidance in China Under Climate Change. [PDF]

Insects
Zhao Z, Feng X, Zhou J, Yao M, Chen J, Huang X.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

Semi-Natural Habitats Buffer the Effects of Crop Diversification on Arthropod Pest Control Services in Agricultural Landscapes. [PDF]

Ecol Lett
Perrot T, Beaumelle L, Thomine E, Tricault Y, Desneux N, Albrecht M, Batáry P, Bianchi F, Birkhofer K, Bosem Baillod A, Chaplin-Kramer R, Cortesero AM, Costamagna AC, Diekötter T, Ekroos J, Entling MH, Gagic V, Groves R, Huseth A, Jaworski C, Kaiser M, Karp DS, Krauss J, Lavandero B, Le Ralec A, Lu Y, Martin EA, Mitchell M, Molina GAR, Palmu E, Perovic DJ, Ragsdale D, Redlich S, Samaranayake I, Saulais J, Schellhorn NA, Steffan-Dewenter I, Sutter L, Tscharntke T, Tschumi M, Rusch A.   +40 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source