Obstacles to integrated pest management adoption in developing countries

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dc.creatorParsa, Soroush
dc.creatorMorse, Stephen
dc.creatorBonifacio, Alejandro
dc.creatorChancellor, Timothy C.B.
dc.creatorCondori, B.
dc.creatorCrespo Pérez, Verónica
dc.creatorHobbs, Shaun LA
dc.creatorKroschel, Jürgen
dc.creatorBa, Malick N.
dc.creatorRebaudo, François
dc.creatorSherwood, Stephen G.
dc.creatorVanek, Steven J.
dc.creatorFaye, Emile
dc.creatorHerrera, Mario A
dc.creatorDangles, Oliver
dc.date2014-03-11
dc.date2014-08-01T12:29:15Z
dc.date2014-08-01T12:29:15Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T14:45:03Z
dc.descriptionDespite its theoretical prominence and sound principles, integrated pest management (IPM) continues to suffer from anemic adoption rates in developing countries. To shed light on the reasons, we surveyed the opinions of a large and diverse pool of IPM professionals and practitioners from 96 countries by using structured concept mapping. The first phase of this method elicited 413 open-ended responses on perceived obstacles to IPM. Analysis of responses revealed 51 unique statements on obstacles, the most frequent of which was “insufficient training and technical support to farmers.” Cluster analyses, based on participant opinions, grouped these unique statements into six themes: research weaknesses, outreach weaknesses, IPM weaknesses, farmer weaknesses, pesticide industry interference, and weak adoption incentives. Subsequently, 163 participants rated the obstacles expressed in the 51 unique statements according to importance and remediation difficulty. Respondents from developing countries and high-income countries rated the obstacles differently. As a group, developing-country respondents rated “IPM requires collective action within a farming community” as their top obstacle to IPM adoption. Respondents from high-income countries prioritized instead the “shortage of well-qualified IPM experts and extensionists.” Differential prioritization was also evident among developing-country regions, and when obstacle statements were grouped into themes. Results highlighted the need to improve the participation of stakeholders from developing countries in the IPM adoption debate, and also to situate the debate within specific regional contexts.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/41884
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/87362
dc.languageen
dc.publisherNational Academy of Sciences
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceParsa S, Morse S, Bonifacio A, Chancellor TCB, Condori B, Crespo-Pérez V, Hobbs SLA, Kroschel J, Ba MN, Rebaudo F, Sherwood SG, Vanek SJ, Faye E, Herrera MA, Dangles O. 2014. Obstacles to integrated pest management adoption in developing countries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111(10).
dc.subjectpest management
dc.subjectintergrated pest management
dc.subjectsustainable agriculture
dc.subjectinnovation adoption
dc.subjectcommunity involvement
dc.subjectgestión de plagas
dc.subjectgestión de lucha integrada
dc.subjectagricultura sostenible
dc.subjectadopción de innovaciones
dc.subjectparticipación comunitaria
dc.subjectcrop protection
dc.subjectprotección de cultivos
dc.titleObstacles to integrated pest management adoption in developing countries
dc.typeJournal Article

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