Obstacles to integrated pest management adoption in developing countries

• DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1312693111
• Publication Date: 2014-02-25T02:44:15Z
• Authors: Soroush Parsa; Stephen Morse; Alejandro Bonifacio; Timothy C. B. Cha...; Bruno Condori; Verónica Crespo-P...; Shaun L. A. Hobbs; Jürgen Kroschel; Malick N. Ba; François Rebaudo; Stephen G. Sherwood; Steven J. Vanek; Emile Faye; Mario A. Herrera; Olivier Dangles
• Keywords: 0106 biological sciences; Technology; Economics; agroécologie; http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5726; http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5728; participación comunitaria; 01 natural sciences; 630; ravageur des plantes; Professional Competence; ipm; Cluster Analysis; implementation; F07 - Façons culturales; 2. Zero hunger; community involvement; approche participative; Data Collection; 1. No poverty; http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_16196; Agriculture; Agriculture-Farming; technology adoption; 16. Peace & justice; innovation adoption; Community-Institutional Relations; http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_92381; http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_16187; http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2485; future; adopción de innovaciones; S1; agriculture durable; lutte antiravageur; intergrated pest management; 610; farmers; security; agricultura sostenible; Education; gestión de lucha integrada; SB; Developing Countries; Analysis of Variance; Motivation; gestión de plagas; lutte intégrée; Research; Production; 15. Life on land; H10 - Ravageurs des plantes; sustainable agriculture; pest management; protección de cultivos; méthode de lutte; http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_33561; collective action dilemma; http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_9000119; Pest Control; crop protection

SignificanceIntegrated pest management (IPM) has been the dominant crop protection paradigm promoted globally since the 1960s. However, its adoption by developing country farmers is surprisingly low. This article reports 51 potential reasons why, identified and prioritized by hundreds of IPM professionals and practitioners around the world. Stakeholders from developing countries prioritized different adoption obstacles than those from high-income countries. Surprisingly, a few of the obstacles prioritized in developing countries appear to be overlooked by the literature. We suggest that a more vigorous analysis and discussion of the factors discouraging IPM adoption in developing countries may accelerate the progress needed to bring about its full potential.