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2. Environmental and economic consequences of technology adoption: IPM in viticulture
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Fernandez-Cornejo, J. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1998-03
- Published:
- Netherlands
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 107 Document Number: C10086
- Journal Title:
- Agricultural Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- 18(2) : 145-155
- Notes:
- The potential uses of on-farm computers in management and the problems in these uses are analyzed. The analysis is based on a study of present uses of on-farm computers in Sweden. The results are compared with experiences from other countries. On-farm computer owners use almost the same management methods as before the computer investment. The main difference is that they used to hire service organizations to do some of the management tasks and now they are doing it by themselves with the aid of the computer. Thus, the on-farm computer owners have to have the same knowledge level as the service agents and advisers. The use of on-farm computers has so far affected the processing and storage of data for farm management purposes. A potential next step is communication of data from external computer systems at suppliers, customers, advisers and other farmers as well as automated data capture within the farm. One hindrance for this development is the lack of standardization of data and concept definitions. If this potential was realized the marginal costs of data and information would decrease. It would be profitable to use more information in the farm management, i.e. to develop the farm management functions. When farmers develop their management methods they will need still more knowledge. Service agents and advisers would have to change from doing management tasks for farmers to teaching farmers how to do these tasks and supporting farmers in the interpretation and analysis of information.
3. Experiential nursey integrated pest management workshop series to enhance grower practice adoption
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- LeBude, Anthony (author), Fulcher, Amy (author), Dubois, Jean-Jacque (author), Braman, S. Kris (author), Chappell, Matthew (author), Chong, J.C. (author), Derr, Jeffrey (author), Gauthier, Nicole (author), Hale, Frank (author), Klingeman, William (author), Knox, Gary (author), Neal, Joseph (author), Windham, Alan (author), and North Carolina State University University of Tennessee National Science Foundation Center for Integrated Pest Management University of Georgia Clemson University Virginia Tech University of Kentucky University of Florida
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-12
- Published:
- United States: American Society for Horticultural Science
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10344
- Journal Title:
- HortTechnology
- Journal Title Details:
- 27(6) : 772-781
- Notes:
- 10 pages., Via online journal., Three, 2-day hands-on experiential learning workshops were presented in three southeastern United States cities in June 2014, by the Southern Nursery Integrated Pest Management (SNIPM) working group. Attendees were provided 4 hours of instruction including hands-on demonstrations in horticultural management, arthropods, plant diseases, and weeds. Participants completed initial surveys for gains in knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as their intentions to adopt various integrated pest management (IPM) practices after the workshop. After 3 years, participants were again surveyed to determine practice adoption. Respondents changed their IPM practice behavior because of attending the workshops. Those returning the survey set aside more time to scout deliberately for pests, plant diseases, and weeds; used a standardized sampling plan when scouting; and adopted more sanitation practices to prevent plant disease. Fewer horticultural management practices were adopted than respondents originally intended. Future emphasis should be placed on using monitoring techniques to estimate pest emergence, for example, traps and pheromone lures, as well as plant phenology and record keeping. However, more work is needed to highlight both the immediate and long-term economic benefits of IPM practice adoption in southeastern U.S. nursery production.
4. Reducing insecticide use in home gardens: effects of training and volunteer research on adoption of biological control
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Heraux, F.M. (author), O'Neill, Robert J. (author), Sadot, Clifford S. (author), and Wiedenmann, R.N. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2004
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C19838
- Journal Title:
- HortTechnology
- Journal Title Details:
- 14(1) : 149-154
5. The adoption of integrated pest management technologies by vegetable growers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Fernandez-Cornejo, J. (author), Beach, E. Douglas (author), and Huang, Wen-Yuan (author)
- Format:
- Report
- Publication Date:
- 1992-11
- Published:
- USA: Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C24241
- Notes:
- ERS Staff Report Number AGES 9228. 17 pages.