Synergies of integrated pest and pollinator management in avocado farming in East Africa: An ex-ante economic analysis.
Using synthetic pesticides to manage pests can threaten pollination services, affecting the productivity of pollination-dependent crops such as avocado. The need to mitigate this negative externality has led to the emergence of the concept of integrated pest and pollinator management (IPPM) to achie...
Main Authors: | Charity Wangithi, Beatrice W Muriithi, Gracious Diiro, Thomas Dubois, Samira Mohamed, Michael G Lattorff, Benignus V Ngowi, Elfatih M Abdel-Rahman, Mariam Adan, Menale Kassie |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2022-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271241 |
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