Pesticide use in Sub-Saharan Africa: Estimates, projections, and implications in the context of food system transformation
The purpose of this paper is to characterize pesticide use in developing Sub-Saharan Africa (dSSA) in the context of urbanization, income growth, and food system change. To do this we (1) estimate some of the correlates of pesticide use worldwide and use them to predict trends in SubSaharan Africa t...
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| author | Snyder, Jason E Smart, Jenny Goeb, Joseph C. Tschirley, David |
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| description | The purpose of this paper is to characterize pesticide use in developing Sub-Saharan Africa (dSSA) in the context of urbanization, income growth, and food system change. To do this we (1) estimate some of the correlates of pesticide use worldwide and use them to predict trends in SubSaharan Africa through 2040, and (2) present new household survey results on pesticide purchase behavior by horticultural farmers supplying urban markets in Zambia and Mozambique. Our analysis shows that income per capita and population are positive and significant drivers of pesticide use, while surprisingly, urbanization, if controlling for other factors, is actually a negative driver, along with agricultural share of GDP. Our model predicts that total pesticide use in d-SSA will increase by a factor of 1.24 to 2.32 - depending on the income growth scenario - but will still be low compared to the rest of the world. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1455432024-11-13T12:23:08Z Pesticide use in Sub-Saharan Africa: Estimates, projections, and implications in the context of food system transformation Snyder, Jason E Smart, Jenny Goeb, Joseph C. Tschirley, David willingness to pay health pest management horticulture pesticides food systems health hazards The purpose of this paper is to characterize pesticide use in developing Sub-Saharan Africa (dSSA) in the context of urbanization, income growth, and food system change. To do this we (1) estimate some of the correlates of pesticide use worldwide and use them to predict trends in SubSaharan Africa through 2040, and (2) present new household survey results on pesticide purchase behavior by horticultural farmers supplying urban markets in Zambia and Mozambique. Our analysis shows that income per capita and population are positive and significant drivers of pesticide use, while surprisingly, urbanization, if controlling for other factors, is actually a negative driver, along with agricultural share of GDP. Our model predicts that total pesticide use in d-SSA will increase by a factor of 1.24 to 2.32 - depending on the income growth scenario - but will still be low compared to the rest of the world. 2019-08-06 2024-06-21T09:04:38Z 2024-06-21T09:04:38Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145543 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.135883 Open Access Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Snyder, Jason; Smart, Jenny; Goeb, Joseph C.; and Tschirley, David. 2018. Pesticide use in Sub-Saharan Africa: Estimates, projections, and implications in the context of food system transformation. Presented at the 2018 Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, United States, August 5-7, 2018. https://purl.umn.edu/273900 |
| spellingShingle | willingness to pay health pest management horticulture pesticides food systems health hazards Snyder, Jason E Smart, Jenny Goeb, Joseph C. Tschirley, David Pesticide use in Sub-Saharan Africa: Estimates, projections, and implications in the context of food system transformation |
| title | Pesticide use in Sub-Saharan Africa: Estimates, projections, and implications in the context of food system transformation |
| title_full | Pesticide use in Sub-Saharan Africa: Estimates, projections, and implications in the context of food system transformation |
| title_fullStr | Pesticide use in Sub-Saharan Africa: Estimates, projections, and implications in the context of food system transformation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pesticide use in Sub-Saharan Africa: Estimates, projections, and implications in the context of food system transformation |
| title_short | Pesticide use in Sub-Saharan Africa: Estimates, projections, and implications in the context of food system transformation |
| title_sort | pesticide use in sub saharan africa estimates projections and implications in the context of food system transformation |
| topic | willingness to pay health pest management horticulture pesticides food systems health hazards |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145543 |
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