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Implications of Lawn Care and Landscape Maintenance Firm Profiles for Adoption of Pest-Management Practices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

B. J. Hubbell ,
W. J. Florkowski ,
R. Oetting ,
S. K. Braman  and
C. D. Robacker
B. J. Hubbell
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, The University of Georgia, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Georgia Experiment Station, Griffin, GA 30223-1797
W. J. Florkowski
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, The University of Georgia, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Georgia Experiment Station, Griffin, GA 30223-1797
R. Oetting
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Georgia Experiment Station, Griffin, GA 30223-1797
S. K. Braman
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Georgia Experiment Station, Griffin, GA 30223-1797
C. D. Robacker
Affiliation:
Department of Horticulture, The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Georgia Experiment Station, Griffin, GA 30223-1797
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Abstract

Firm characteristics and managers' attitudes and opinions about pesticide safety were used to classify lawn care and landscape management firms into four categories and compare them using the logit procedure. Survey data obtained from 223 firms was used in the empirical investigation of the adoption of the IPM techniques. Results showed the need for continued transfer of new technology to independently owned firms, multidisciplinary assessment of IPM methods before their transfer to ascertain the economic viability of proposed methods, public investment in programs training workers in knowledge-based pesticide applications, possible assistance in obtaining capital, and investment in consumer education.

Keywords

attitudescluster analysisIPMlogit modelmanagementsurvey
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 33 , Issue 1 , April 2001 , pp. 147 - 159
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2001

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