@article{Fernandez-Cornejo:174342,
      recid = {174342},
      author = {Fernandez-Cornejo, Jorge},
      title = {Environmental and economic consequences of technology  adoption: IPM in viticulture},
      journal = {Agricultural Economics: The Journal of the International  Association of Agricultural Economists},
      address = {1998-03},
      number = {968-2016-75735},
      pages = {12},
      year = {1998},
      abstract = {The impact of integrated pest management (IPM) on  pesticide use, toxicity and other environmental  characteristics, yields, and farm
profits is examined for  grape growers. The method is generally applicable for  technology adoption and accounts for  self-selectivity,
simultaneity, and theoretical  consistency. IPM adopters apply significantly less  insecticides and fungicides than nonadopters among  grape
producers in six states, accounting for most of the  U.S. production. Both the average toxicity and the  Environmental Impact Quotient
decrease slightly with  adoption of insect IPM, but remain about the same for  adopters and nonadopters of IPM for diseases. The effect  of
IPM adoption on yields and variable profits is positive  but only significant for the case of IPM for diseases,  i.e., the adoption of IPM for
diseases increases yields and  profits significantly. Published by Elsevier Science B.V.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/174342},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.174342},
}