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Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Omar, Jadalla A.E. (author), Bakar, Abu Hassan Abu (author), Jais, Hasnah Md (author), and Ibraik, Faisal Moftah (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2011-06
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 184 Document Number: D00089
Journal Title:
International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology
Journal Title Details:
3(6) : 5160-5168
Notes:
Via http://www.doaj.org
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Kohl, David M. (author), Shabman, Leonard A. (author), and Stoevener, Herbert H. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1987-07
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 114 Document Number: D11013
Journal Title:
Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics
Journal Title Details:
19
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Omar, Jadalla A.E. (author), Bakar, Abu Hassan Abu (author), Jais, Hasnah Md (author), and Ibraik, Faisal Moftah (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2011-06
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 184 Document Number: D00326
Journal Title:
International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology
Journal Title Details:
3(6) : 5160-5168
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Wuepper, David (author), Roleff, Nikolaus (author), and Finger, Robert (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2020-01-01
Published:
Switzerland: Elsevier
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12514
Journal Title:
Food Policy
Journal Title Details:
99
Notes:
8 pages, Does it matter whether farmers receive advice on pest management strategies from public or from private (pesticide company affiliated) extension services? We use survey data from 733 Swiss fruit growers who are currently contending with an infestation by an invasive pest, the fruit fly Drosophila Suzukii. We find that farmers who are advised by public extension services are more likely (+9–10%) to use preventive measures (e.g. nets) while farmers who are advised by private extension services are more likely (+8–9%) to use synthetic insecticides. These results are robust to the inclusion of various covariates, ways to cluster standard errors, and inverse probability weighting. We also show that our results are unlikely to be driven by omitted variable bias. Our findings have implications for the current debates on both the ongoing privatization of agricultural extension and concerns regarding negative environmental and health externalities of pesticide use.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Leeuwis, Cees (author), Klerkx, Laurens (author), and de Grip, Karin (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2006-06
Published:
Netherlands
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C24423
Journal Title:
Agriculture and Human Values
Journal Title Details:
23(2) : 189-204
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Blake, John (author) and Shea, Greg (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
Australia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 177 Document Number: C30630
Journal Title:
Extension Farming Systems Journal
Journal Title Details:
5(2) : 145-150
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Laughlin, Kevin M. (author) and Schmidt, Janet L. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1995-08
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: C16116
Journal Title:
Journal of Extension
Journal Title Details:
33 (4)
Notes:
5 p.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Baxter, Michael (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1987-12
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C23066
Journal Title:
Journal of Extension Systems
Journal Title Details:
3(2) : 15-24
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Romich, Eric (author) and Campbell, Joseph (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2015-08
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 142 Document Number: D06345
Journal Title:
Journal of Extension
Journal Title Details:
53(4) : Article 4IAW2
Notes:
3 pages.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2005-12
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 150 Document Number: C24233
Journal Title:
Appropriate Technology
Journal Title Details:
32(4) : 16-17