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Pest Information Markets and Integrated Pest Management

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Michael E. Wetzstein
Michael E. Wetzstein*
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Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Georgia
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Integrated pest management (IPM) programs vary from employing field scouts to planting trap crops, as inputs in production, to control crop losses. Scouts provide pest information, helping to determine the need for pesticide applications. This increased information may indicate a reduction of periodic application, which would diminish the negative external effects that such treatments have on environmental quality.

Recent research in this area has determined the need for pest information (Regev et al.) and the rationale for established information markets (Feder). Currently, such sources exist throughout the United States, and both public and private consultants supply information to agricultural producers.

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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , December 1981 , pp. 79 - 83
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1981

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