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.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C17000
Notes:
Pages 185-207 in Steven A. Wolf (ed.), Privatization of information and agricultural industrialization. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. 299 pages, This chapter originated as part of a workshop held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on October 25-26, 1995. Theme of the workshop: "Privatization of information and technology transfer in U.S. agriculture: research and policy implications."
Baldwin, E. Dean (author / Ohio State University), Wisner, Robert N. (author / Ohio State University), and Blue, E. Neal (author / Iowa State University)
Format:
Proceedings
Publication Date:
1999-03-23
Published:
Canada: Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: C21001
Notes:
Burton Swanson Collection, 7 pages, Session O, from "1999 conference proceedings -- Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education", 15th Annual Conference, 21-24 March 1999, Port of Spain, Trinidad, 25-26, Tobago
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C17002
Notes:
Pages 223-238 in Steven A. Wolf (ed.), Privatization of information and agricultural industrialization. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. 299 pages, This chapter originated as part of a workshop held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on October 25-26, 1995. Theme of the workshop: "Privatization of information and technology transfer in U.S. agriculture: research and policy implications."
Marsh, Sally P. (author) and Pannell, David J. (author)
Format:
Research report
Publication Date:
2000-11
Published:
Australia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 117 Document Number: C13099
Journal Title Details:
136 pages
Notes:
RIRDC Research Report in human capital, communications and information systems, Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation (RIRDC), Barton, ACT, Australia
