Does the certification of agriculture products promote the adoption of integrated pest management among apple growers in China?

Seeking effective policies for reducing chemical pesticides has recently been the focus of agricultural sustainable development. A randomly selected sample of 559 small-scale farmers on the China Loess Plateau was investigated in 2018. We analyzed the effect of certification of agricultural producti...

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Published in:Environmental science and pollution research international 2022-04, Vol.29 (20), p.29808-29817
Main Authors: Tong, Rui, Wang, Yan, Zhu, Yuchun, Wang, Yongqiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural practices
Agricultural production
Agriculture
Aquatic Pollution
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Certification
Chemical pest control
Cognition
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecotoxicology
Environment
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental Health
Environmental science
Farmers
Integrated pest management
Malus
Pest Control
Pesticides
Pests
Regression models
Research Article
Small-scale farming
Subsidies
Sustainable agriculture
Sustainable development
Waste Water Technology
Water Management
Water Pollution Control
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Summary:Seeking effective policies for reducing chemical pesticides has recently been the focus of agricultural sustainable development. A randomly selected sample of 559 small-scale farmers on the China Loess Plateau was investigated in 2018. We analyzed the effect of certification of agricultural production on the adoption of integrated pest management (IPM) by using the Poisson regression model. The result shows that the certification of agriculture products, subsidies of integrated pest management, and the price increase of certified agriculture products significantly promote the adoption of IPM. However, government supervision in certified agriculture products does not significantly promote the adoption of IPM. The cognition of IPM acquired by farmers significantly promotes the adoption of IPM, while the age of farmers negatively affects the adoption of IPM. We suggest that the government should strengthen the certification of agriculture products and provide subsidies of the adoption of IPM for farmers who produce certified agriculture products. The market needs to guarantee a higher price of certified agro-products which the IPM are adopted. The government should strengthen supervision of certified agriculture products, promote the extension of IPM and enhance farmers’ knowledge of IPM, and promote more farmers to replace chemical pesticides with IPM.
ISSN:0944-1344
1614-7499
DOI:10.1007/s11356-022-18523-5