Kibata, G.N. (author / National Agricultural Laboratories, PO Box 14733, Nairobi, Kenya)
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1989
Published:
Kenya
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 92 Document Number: C06806
Notes:
AGRICOLA IND 91042716, In: Harris, K.M., ed. Crop protection information : an international perspective : proceedings of the International Crop Protection Information Workshop; held at CAB International, Wallingford, UK, April 1989. Wallingford, Oxon, UK : CAB International, 1989. p. 121-126.
Babcock, Bruce A. (author) and Hurley, Terrance M. (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2003
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27578
Notes:
Pages 134-144 in Bruce A. Babcock, Robert W. Fraser and Joseph N. Lekakis (eds.), Risk management and the environment: agriculture in perspective. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 204 pages.
22pgs, We introduce the “coordination frontier” (CF), a simple practical tool to assess the likelihood of success of voluntary coordination in situations where, ex ante, the collective action solution provides an appealing alternative (e.g., for pest and disease control). We demonstrate the value of information conveyed by the CF, explain how to construct the CF from experimental data, and show how to apply the CF in practice. We illustrate the concept with an application to data from a framed field economic experiment, which was designed to elicit the preferences of Florida's citrus growers regarding their willingness to coordinate actions to combat citrus greening disease. This is a highly relevant case study not only because of the significant impact caused by citrus greening on Florida's citrus industry but also because a voluntary area-wide pest management program to control it had been established in 2010 and eventually failed; a similar program is now in place in California, where the disease spread is at an earlier stage. Had the CF been available in Florida, estimates of the (aggregate) chances of successful coordination could have been shared with growers to update their beliefs regarding the chances of successful coordination to help reduce strategic uncertainty. Policymakers in California could use the CF in such way and devise ways to encourage participation to increase the chances of reaching a desired coordination threshold.
