Obstacles to integrated pest management adoption in developing countries

Despite its theoretical prominence and sound principles, integrated pest management (IPM) continues to suffer from anemic adoption rates in developing countries. To shed light on the reasons, we surveyed the opinions of a large and diverse pool of IPM professionals and practitioners from 96 countrie...

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Main Authors: Parsa, Soroush, Morse, Stephen, Bonifacio, Alejandro, Chancellor, Timothy C.B., Condori, B., Crespo Pérez, Verónica, Hobbs, Shaun LA, Kroschel, Jürgen, Ba, Malick N., Rebaudo, François, Sherwood, Stephen G., Vanek, Steven J., Faye, Emile, Herrera, Mario A, Dangles, Oliver
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2014
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/41884
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author Parsa, Soroush
Morse, Stephen
Bonifacio, Alejandro
Chancellor, Timothy C.B.
Condori, B.
Crespo Pérez, Verónica
Hobbs, Shaun LA
Kroschel, Jürgen
Ba, Malick N.
Rebaudo, François
Sherwood, Stephen G.
Vanek, Steven J.
Faye, Emile
Herrera, Mario A
Dangles, Oliver
author_browse Ba, Malick N.
Bonifacio, Alejandro
Chancellor, Timothy C.B.
Condori, B.
Crespo Pérez, Verónica
Dangles, Oliver
Faye, Emile
Herrera, Mario A
Hobbs, Shaun LA
Kroschel, Jürgen
Morse, Stephen
Parsa, Soroush
Rebaudo, François
Sherwood, Stephen G.
Vanek, Steven J.
author_facet Parsa, Soroush
Morse, Stephen
Bonifacio, Alejandro
Chancellor, Timothy C.B.
Condori, B.
Crespo Pérez, Verónica
Hobbs, Shaun LA
Kroschel, Jürgen
Ba, Malick N.
Rebaudo, François
Sherwood, Stephen G.
Vanek, Steven J.
Faye, Emile
Herrera, Mario A
Dangles, Oliver
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description Despite its theoretical prominence and sound principles, integrated pest management (IPM) continues to suffer from anemic adoption rates in developing countries. To shed light on the reasons, we surveyed the opinions of a large and diverse pool of IPM professionals and practitioners from 96 countries by using structured concept mapping. The first phase of this method elicited 413 open-ended responses on perceived obstacles to IPM. Analysis of responses revealed 51 unique statements on obstacles, the most frequent of which was “insufficient training and technical support to farmers.” Cluster analyses, based on participant opinions, grouped these unique statements into six themes: research weaknesses, outreach weaknesses, IPM weaknesses, farmer weaknesses, pesticide industry interference, and weak adoption incentives. Subsequently, 163 participants rated the obstacles expressed in the 51 unique statements according to importance and remediation difficulty. Respondents from developing countries and high-income countries rated the obstacles differently. As a group, developing-country respondents rated “IPM requires collective action within a farming community” as their top obstacle to IPM adoption. Respondents from high-income countries prioritized instead the “shortage of well-qualified IPM experts and extensionists.” Differential prioritization was also evident among developing-country regions, and when obstacle statements were grouped into themes. Results highlighted the need to improve the participation of stakeholders from developing countries in the IPM adoption debate, and also to situate the debate within specific regional contexts.
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spelling CGSpace418842025-03-13T09:44:38Z Obstacles to integrated pest management adoption in developing countries Parsa, Soroush Morse, Stephen Bonifacio, Alejandro Chancellor, Timothy C.B. Condori, B. Crespo Pérez, Verónica Hobbs, Shaun LA Kroschel, Jürgen Ba, Malick N. Rebaudo, François Sherwood, Stephen G. Vanek, Steven J. Faye, Emile Herrera, Mario A Dangles, Oliver pest management intergrated pest management sustainable agriculture innovation adoption community involvement gestión de plagas gestión de lucha integrada agricultura sostenible adopción de innovaciones participación comunitaria crop protection protección de cultivos Despite its theoretical prominence and sound principles, integrated pest management (IPM) continues to suffer from anemic adoption rates in developing countries. To shed light on the reasons, we surveyed the opinions of a large and diverse pool of IPM professionals and practitioners from 96 countries by using structured concept mapping. The first phase of this method elicited 413 open-ended responses on perceived obstacles to IPM. Analysis of responses revealed 51 unique statements on obstacles, the most frequent of which was “insufficient training and technical support to farmers.” Cluster analyses, based on participant opinions, grouped these unique statements into six themes: research weaknesses, outreach weaknesses, IPM weaknesses, farmer weaknesses, pesticide industry interference, and weak adoption incentives. Subsequently, 163 participants rated the obstacles expressed in the 51 unique statements according to importance and remediation difficulty. Respondents from developing countries and high-income countries rated the obstacles differently. As a group, developing-country respondents rated “IPM requires collective action within a farming community” as their top obstacle to IPM adoption. Respondents from high-income countries prioritized instead the “shortage of well-qualified IPM experts and extensionists.” Differential prioritization was also evident among developing-country regions, and when obstacle statements were grouped into themes. Results highlighted the need to improve the participation of stakeholders from developing countries in the IPM adoption debate, and also to situate the debate within specific regional contexts. 2014-03-11 2014-08-01T12:29:15Z 2014-08-01T12:29:15Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/41884 en Open Access National Academy of Sciences Parsa S, Morse S, Bonifacio A, Chancellor TCB, Condori B, Crespo-Pérez V, Hobbs SLA, Kroschel J, Ba MN, Rebaudo F, Sherwood SG, Vanek SJ, Faye E, Herrera MA, Dangles O. 2014. Obstacles to integrated pest management adoption in developing countries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111(10).
spellingShingle pest management
intergrated pest management
sustainable agriculture
innovation adoption
community involvement
gestión de plagas
gestión de lucha integrada
agricultura sostenible
adopción de innovaciones
participación comunitaria
crop protection
protección de cultivos
Parsa, Soroush
Morse, Stephen
Bonifacio, Alejandro
Chancellor, Timothy C.B.
Condori, B.
Crespo Pérez, Verónica
Hobbs, Shaun LA
Kroschel, Jürgen
Ba, Malick N.
Rebaudo, François
Sherwood, Stephen G.
Vanek, Steven J.
Faye, Emile
Herrera, Mario A
Dangles, Oliver
Obstacles to integrated pest management adoption in developing countries
title Obstacles to integrated pest management adoption in developing countries
title_full Obstacles to integrated pest management adoption in developing countries
title_fullStr Obstacles to integrated pest management adoption in developing countries
title_full_unstemmed Obstacles to integrated pest management adoption in developing countries
title_short Obstacles to integrated pest management adoption in developing countries
title_sort obstacles to integrated pest management adoption in developing countries
topic pest management
intergrated pest management
sustainable agriculture
innovation adoption
community involvement
gestión de plagas
gestión de lucha integrada
agricultura sostenible
adopción de innovaciones
participación comunitaria
crop protection
protección de cultivos
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/41884
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