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| Title: | The Effect of Farm Labor Organization on IPM Adoption. Empirical Evidence from Thailand |
| Authors: | Beckmann, Volker
Irawan, Evi
Wesseler, Justus |
| Authors (Email): | Beckmann, Volker (v.beckmann@agrar.hu-berlin.de)
Irawan, Evi (evirawan@yahoo.com)
Wesseler, Justus (justus.wesseler@wur.nl) |
| Keywords: | Labor Organization
IPM Adoption
2SLS
Farm Labor
Agricultural Extension |
| JEL Codes: | Q16
J2
J43 |
| Issue Date: | 2009-12-16 |
| Series/Report no.: | ICAR Discussion Paper
21/2009 |
| Abstract: | This paper examines the effect of labor organization on integrated pest management (IPM),
using cross section data collected from a participatory farming system survey of 157 durian
growers in Chanthaburi, Thailand, in 2005. In contrast to many studies of IPM adoption, this
work uses the form of farm labor organization as an endogenous factor for identifying the rate
of IPM adoption among durian growers. The instrumental variables method was employed to
econometrically relate a set of alleged variables as instruments of labor organization to the
rate of IPM adoption. Results show that, among others, farms employing hired labor have a
significantly lower adoption rate of IPM. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/55767 |
| Identifiers: | ISSN 1613-3455 (Print)
ISSN 1613-4862 (Internet) |
| Institution/Association: | Humboldt University Berlin>Institute for Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences>Institutional Change in Agriculture and Natural Resources Discussion Papers |
| Total Pages: | 30 |
| Collections: | Institutional Change in Agriculture and Natural Resources Discussion Papers
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