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http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/2461| Title: | Measuring the benefit-cost ratio of public IPM technology transfer programs : an optimal control framework and an application to Nepalese agriculture |
| Keywords: | Q2 Q16 D61 C61 ddc:330 integrated pesticide management cost-benefit analysis extension dynamic optimisation Nepal Schädlingsbekämpfung Bodennutzungsintensität Technologietransfer Innovationsdiffusion Agrarökonomik Dynamische Optimierung Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse Schätzung Wohlfahrtseffekt Theorie Nepal |
| Issue Date: | 16-Oct-2013 |
| Publisher: | Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) Kiel |
| Description: | Despite favourable ecological and economic results, many developing countries have not yet adopted an integrated pesticide management (IPM). Given rising marginal costs and diminishing marginal benefits from IPM technology transfer, an optimal control framework is used to identify optimal rates of technology transfer. The framework is applied to Nepalese agriculture to illustrate the dynamic adoption process for IPM. The results indicate that public IPM technology transfer programs should be targeted to maintain about 50% of agricultural production in IPM. The benefit-cost ratio is approximately 7.9:1. If the educational program is financed by a tax on chemical inputs the benefit-cost ratio would be 9.1:1. |
| URI: | http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/2461 |
| Other Identifiers: | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/2461 ppn:318123126 ppn:318123126 |
| Appears in Collections: | EconStor |
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