Why farmers consider pesticides the ultimate in crop protection: economic and behavioral insights
| Autor: | Carpentier, Alain, Reboud, Xavier |
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| Přispěvatelé: | ProdInra, Migration, Structures et Marché Agricoles, Ressources et Territoires (SMART-LERECO), AGROCAMPUS OUEST-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Agroécologie [Dijon], Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement, AGROCAMPUS OUEST, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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[SDE] Environmental Sciences
[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] fungi food and beverages risk aversion prospect theory pesticide taxes [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences loss aversion [SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio] [SDE]Environmental Sciences [SDV.BV]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology [SDV.BV] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology [SHS] Humanities and Social Sciences pesticide use reference point personal equilibrium |
| Zdroj: | 30 . th International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE) 30 th International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE), Jul 2018, Vancouver, Canada. 44p |
| Popis: | International audience; The observed dependence of current crop production on chemical crop protection is largely due to economic and technological factors. High yield and specialized cropping systems require high crop protection levels and pesticides allow achieving such protection levels at reasonable (private) costs. The main aim of this article is to show that behavioral factors may reinforce the effects of these economic and technological factors on farmers considering pesticides the ultimate in crop protection. Choice mechanisms described by K?szegi and Rabin (2007) imply that individual attitudes toward a given risk are endogenous in the sense that they depend on the best available means to cope with this risk. Building on this extension of Prospect Theory, we show that farmers exhibit strong aversion toward crop health risks when pesticide prices are relatively low. Indeed, the cheaper the pesticides, the higher the crop protection levels farmers refer to when considering pesticide sprays, and the more they feel that choosing low crop protection levels entails unacceptable risk taking. Our analysis also suggests that pesticide prices play a more important role in farmers crop protection choices than previously recognized. In particular, we show that pesticide taxes would unambiguously reduce farmers pesticide uses, by reducing pesticide profitability as well as farmers aversion toward crop health risks. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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